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A$AP Rocky Reveals That Third Baby Will Have Name That Starts With ‘R’

The baby will follow older siblings RZA and Riot Rose.

Like their first and second baby, A$AP Rocky and Rihanna intend to give their third child a forename that begins with ‘R.’

The couple’s pregnancy was announced during the 2025 Met Gala, where Rihanna wore two dresses that flaunted her baby bump. On Wednesday, May 7, Rocky and Vogue editor, Anna Wintour, both co-chairs at the Met Gala, were guests on “Late Night With Seth Meyers,” and the rapper-actor hinted at what they’d name their next child. The plan is to follow the tradition of the family’s first names, as Rocky’s real name is Rakim Mayers, Rihanna’s is Robyn Rihanna Fenty, and their children are RZA, 2, and 20-month-old Riot Rose.

“So, your first two kids have ‘R’ names. Obviously you and Rihanna have ‘R’ names. Is this a lock that the third will have an ‘R’ name, do you think?” Meyers asked around the 8:50 mark of the video above.

“For sure,” Rocky replied. 

The couple dedicated their first child’s name to RZA of the Wu-Tang Clan, while Riot was named after Pharrell Williams who originally predicted that the baby boy would be female.

“He gave us this name thinking it was going to be a girl, because he had seen something online,” Rihanna said about Williams in a Harper's Bazaar interview. Williams would go on to produce Rocky’s 2023 single “RIOT (Rowdy Pipe'n).”

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