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Rihanna expecting her first child with rapper A$AP Rocky

Rihanna and rapper A$AP Rocky took an epic stroll over the weekend in snowy New York to reveal she's pregnant with her first child.

The beauty mogul and rapper shared this news with a snowy photoshoot in New York

Rihanna and A$AP Rocky at the 2021 Met Gala, making their red carpet debut as a couple. (Theo Wargo/Getty Images)

Rihanna and A$AP Rocky took an epic stroll over the weekend in snowy New York to reveal she's pregnant with her first child.

Despite the frigid temperatures, the 33-year-old "Diamonds" singer and fashion mogul showed off her bump in a long open pink coat (vintage Chanel) and ripped jeans as her boyfriend beamed by her side in Harlem, which is A$AP's home neighborhood.

In one photo, the two hold hands with smiles on their faces In another, he kisses her forehead. Her bump was well adorned with a long jewelled necklace.

Photographer Miles Diggs shared one of the photos on his Instagram page. 

Rihanna spoke of motherhood in 2019 at her fifth Diamond Ball in New York City, "I'm a Black woman. I came from a Black woman, who came from a Black woman, who came from a Black woman, and I'm going to give birth to a Black woman. It's a no-brainer. That's who I am. It's the core of who I am in spirit and DNA."

After months of dating rumours, the two publicly transformed their longstanding friendship into a romance during the pandemic.

In an interview with GQ magazine in May 2019, A$AP called her "my lady" and "the love of my life." Of the relationship, the "PMW" rapper spoke of their travels the previous summer in a rented tour bus and how the experience cemented their bond.

Asked what it felt like to be in a relationship after his past as a ladies' man he said, "So much better when you got the One. She amounts to probably, like, a million of the other ones. I think when you know, you know. She's the one." 

He also spoke of having children in the future, telling GQ: "If that's in my destiny, absolutely. . I think I'd be an incredible, remarkably, overall amazing dad. I would have a very fly child." 

No further details about the pregnancy were disclosed.

With files from CBC News