Georgetown: Is there a Rihanna concert in the making? The directors of Hits and Jams Entertainment (HJ), Kerwin Bollers and Rawle Ferguson, were recently invited to Rihanna’s grandfather’s birthday celebration in the sunny island of Barbados where she grew up.
The private function was hosted at the home of the songstress’ mother for relatives and close friends on Sunday, November 03, 2013. During their visit, the HJ officials used the opportunity to speak with Rihanna and her team about a possible concert in Guyana.
Rihanna’s Manager who is also the Co-Founder and President of Roc Nation, Jay Brown, discussed Rihanna’s interest in performing in Guyana. Brown said that he is very open to the proposal, especially since Rihanna will be thrilled to perform in Guyana.
According to the HJ team, “it was gratifying to discover that Rihanna and her family are still very much in tune with Guyanese culture and are proud of their heritage.”
Rihanna posted on Instagram “Happy Birthday Grandfadda Bravo!!!!! You are so special to all of us!!! If it wasn’t for you buying out the whole tray of mangoes from gran gran Dolly that one day you got off your ship in Guyana, and charmed her with that smile laced with a gold cap, NONE of us would be here!! So I’m saying a special thanks to you for having a heart of a lion, my Scorpio Kind, Legend!!! They will never know what it took for you to get us here!! I love you way past unconditional!!! You’re true as steel BRAVO!!!!”
Rihanna’s mother, Monica Braithwaite, took pride in the Guyanese dishes she prepared for the birthday function which included pepperpot and curry. “She said she cooked this curry the real Guyanese style with the Guyanese spices agi and geera,” Bollers recalled with a smile.
Meanwhile, Rawle spoke about his encounter with the megastar and stated that she struck him as a “very calm, very down to earth and very natural person.”
Rihanna is one of the leading Pop artists with a total of 238 awards from 540 nominations. Apart from awards for her work, Rihanna has also received awards as an artist, including 22 Billboard Music Awards, 17 Barbados Music Awards, six NRJ Music Awards, three MOBO Awards and two BRIT Awards. She was also named the most liked celebrity on Facebook at one point, ranked as one of Forbes Magazine’s top-earning women in music and even third most googled woman!
“Hits and Jams Entertainment is very optimistic and excited about the possibility of bringing yet another, and one of our own, back to Guyana!” The entertainment giant also believes that this can possibly be the artist’s biggest Caribbean concert since Guyana is located in South America and bordered by countries which are home to a large portion of Rihanna’s fan base.
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