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Barbados declares 'diamond' Rihanna a national hero

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Reuters

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Singer Rihanna stands to receive the honor of " hero="" national="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/reuters/11/30/20211130-singer-rihanna.jpg"/><figcaption>Singer Rihanna stands to receive the honor of &quot;national hero&quot; at the Presidential Inauguration Ceremony to mark the birth of a new republic in Barbados, Bridgetown, Barbados. <em>Toby Melville, Pool via Reuters</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>BRIDGETOWN -- Barbados declared hit singer Rihanna a national hero at its republican celebrations in her hometown of Bridgetown.</p><p>Prime Minister Mia Mottley announced that the 33-year-old would be conferred with the honor of National Hero of Barbados to cheers. Rihanna was called up before the crowds to be congratulated by Mottley.</p><p>&quot;May you continue to shine like a diamond and bring honor to your nation by your works, by your actions,&quot; Mottley told Rihanna, a reference to her 2012 chart-topping single &quot;Diamonds.&quot;</p>

Barbados declared hit singer Rihanna a national hero at its republican celebrations in her hometown of Bridgetown.