The day has finally come, we have come into contact with the Bad Gal herself, Rihanna. Last night, on October 8th, a select group of people including big dogs from ROC Nation and Def Jams had the honor to have the first look at the artwork for Rihanna’s new album “Anti” at MAMA Gallery in Downtown Los Angeles. Rihanna commissioned seven oil paintings from Roy Nachum including the main album cover, which features an image of future queen Rihanna with a crown over her eyes holding a balloon in front of a popping blood red background over braille writing. Roy Nachum is also known for Kanye West’s album artwork for “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy”. We spotted Rihanna having a grand old time smoking blunts and taking selfies with posse including Melissa Forde and Holly Robinson Peete in the VIP section. Other notable attendees included: Scout Willis, Nick Jonas and O’Shea Jackson Jr.

In braille, the painting reads:
“I sometimes fear that I am misunderstood.
It is simply because what I want to say,
what I need to say, won’t be heard.
Heard in a way I so rightfully deserve.
What I choose to say is of so much substance
That people just won’t understand the depth of my message.
So my voice is not my weakness,
It is the opposite of what others are afraid of.
My voice is my suit and armor,
My Shield, and all that I am.
I will comfortably breath in it, until I find the moment to be silent.
I live loudly in my mind, so many hours of the day.
The world is pin drop sound compared to the boom
That thumps and bumps against the walls of my cranium.
I live it and love it and despise it and I am entrapped in it.
So being misunderstood, I am not offended by the gesture, but
If they let us…”