The Secret Siblings You Never Hear Rihanna Talk About

May 2024 ยท 2 minute read

It was in 2011 that the details of Rihanna's extended family first came to light. At the time, The Sun revealed that the singer had first met her sister Samantha Fenty when she was a toddler. Though Samantha herself didn't speak with the outlet, friends of hers revealed that, upon meeting her younger half-sister, she was blown away by their likeness. "She said she looked identical to the way she did at 3 years old," one source shared. 

As for their half-brother, Jamie Fenty, the sources didn't go into much detail about his introduction to the wider brood. However, it seems as though they spent a decent amount of time together as kids. "The children all got on well and Ronald [Fenty] would invite them over for sleepovers and they'd go to the beach and amusement parks together. They were one big, happy family when they were together," a source revealed. 

One insider also claimed that the half-siblings continued to enjoy each others' company as adults, though we don't have much insight into that. It's likely both Samantha and Jamie changed their surnames, perhaps because they weren't initially raised by Ronald, or possibly to avoid the limelight. Rihanna also famously served Ronald with a lawsuit over his use of the Fenty brand name in 2019, claiming he was cashing in on their connection (via Variety), so taking a different surname seems like a pretty wise decision. 

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