Always ready with a witty word, Rihanna is fascinating in her new interview with Miranda July for T, The New York Times Style Magazine.
The “B*tch Better Have My Money” singer explains why she’s not interested in dating right now- “Guys need attention. They need that nourishment, that little stroke of the ego that gets them by every now and then. I’ll give it to my family, I’ll give it to my work — but I will not give it to a man right now.”
Ri-Ri also discusses “being a young black woman with power in America,” noting, “You know, when I started to experience the difference — or even have my race be highlighted — it was mostly when I would do business deal. And, you know, that never ends, by the way. It’s still a thing. And it’s the thing that makes me want to prove people wrong. It almost excites me; I know what they’re expecting and I can’t wait to show them that I’m here to exceed those expectations. But I have to bear in mind that those people are judging you because you’re packaged a certain way — they’ve been programmed to think a black man in a hoodie means grab your purse a little tighter. For me, it comes down to smaller issues, scenarios in which people can assume something of me without knowing me, just by my packaging.”
