It’s
no secret that Rihanna enjoys her bad girl
image and revels in shocking her fans with her irreverent behavior. Those close
to the songstress fear that her carefree and at times careless behavior will
lead to a tragic end.
According to the British newspaper, The Sun, Rihanna’s father, Ronald Fenty, reveals that from
a young age she was obsessed with Whitney Houston, the oft troubled diva
who lived a life destroyed by drugs and died a tragic drug-induced death back in
February.
It’s true that Rihanna’s recent wild
behavior has led to numerous comparisons to Whitney Houston in the press and her
recent controversy at Coachella really started a firestorm. As CDL
previously reported, Rihanna was photographed
sitting on her handler’s shoulders and she appeared to be doing cocaine off the
top of his head. At least that was what she wanted us to think…
how clever.
In typical fashion, Rihanna took to
her Twitter to address the drama in a typically unapologetic manner:
“I’m crazy and I don’t pretend to be anything else.”
There are in fact
many similarities, both good and bad, between Rihanna and Houston. Both started off singing in church,
both have attached themselves to notorious bad boys and both have been rumored
to have had lesbian partners. Rihanna is also
transitioning from singing to acting, with her upcoming role in
Battleship.
The eerie similarities are leading to widespread
speculation that Rihanna could portray Houston on
the big screen. Rihanna herself has said the
following:
“If I was going to do a biopic, it would have to be someone I
admire and she is definitely one of those.”
“That would be something
I would have to give my entire life to do because I would want to really pull it
off.”
Houston’s friend Malik Pointer commented on the similarities
of both singers:
“Rihanna is basically
Whitney 2.0. That kind of talent only comes around every 20 years or so.
They sing like angels and they have faces of angels — so even without the
talent they would have people eating out of their hands.”
“We’re
talking about two of the greatest talents in the history of female vocalists.
Add to that addiction, or at least a love of partying, and it’s a recipe for
disaster.”
“Rihanna is a wild child. She
has the voice of an angel but she can get down and dirty. But she has youth on
her side. There’s a chance she’s just getting it out of her system and she’ll
find the right guy and settle down by the time she’s 30.”
Rihanna’s father believes his daughter would grab the
part if it was offered to her:
“She used to love Whitney. Robyn would
always sing along to I Will Always Love You.”
“She admired Whitney
because of her range, her voice, her appearance, her personality — everything.
She loved Whitney so much she would be honored to play her. I think she would
accept in a heartbeat.”
Fenty hopes his daughter is smart enough not to
end up like her mentor –with a life cut short. Do you think Rihanna is just blowing off steam and enjoying her youth
or do you think beneath all the fun lies a real burgeoning problem for the
starlet?

It's just weed, and I bet it's more for image than it is anything else. Besides I think Rihanna has shown that she's far too career driven to let anything like that happen, If she started going Whitney how would she get an album out every 13 months?

[Edited 4/23/12 14:18pm]

RKJCNE said:

It's just weed, and I bet it's more for image than it is anything else. Besides I think Rihanna has shown that she's far too career driven to let anything like that happen, If she started going Whitney how would she get an album out every 13 months?

[Edited 4/23/12 14:18pm]

That was cocaine on his head.

nah that aint coke. it looks white because the hues in the pic are altered.

Once Breezy start dickin' her down real good then everything will be fine. Let's face it. The girl aint been right since that whole breakup/beatdown fiasco. She feenin!

"Whitney 2.0. That kind of talent only comes around every 20 years or so.
They sing like angels"

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"She has the voice of an angel"

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All Rihanna's doing is playing with an image. That's why she dresses the way she does and wht she dueted with Chris Brown on a song like Birthday cake. She's playing with an image and it seems to be working for her.

Honestly? It looks more like a put-on to me.

I doubt she's actually on anything.

Terrib3Towel said:

"Whitney 2.0. That kind of talent only comes around every 20 years or so.
They sing like angels"

[img:$uid]http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb150/TOTO-LERO/gifs/119vsz9jpg.gif[/img:$uid]

"She has the voice of an angel"

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Dren5 said:

Honestly? It looks more like a put-on to me.

I doubt she's actually on anything.

Yeah the more I hear about what she's up to, the less I'm convinced she's all fucked up on drugs.

Isn't this what happens to most pop stars?

Come out all innocent, eventually sex it up, drug it up, fuck it up. I think this happens with most pop stars, while i think Rihanna is not the brightest or best channel in the T.V Box i think she is just simply.... HUMAN

You get older, you party, you do crazy shit... it's only cause she's famous that it's a ''big deal''

She going to end up like Madonna if anything.

Every single scandal and picture is carefully planned to get the maximum exposure.

Have you seen the professional footage of Rihanna on the tube in London shot by her team? Not exactly the last minute decision made to beat rush hour traffic like the media reported .

So expect this annoying thing to be around for a long time.

That's pot.. and a dutch