In the November issue of British Vogue,cover girl, Rihanna professes her love for the c-word and discusses how society forces her to become a role model.
On society forcing her to become a role model:
See, people – especially white people – they want me to be a role model just because of the life I lead.
The things I say in my songs, they expect it of me and being a role model became more of my job than I wanted it to be. But no, I just want to make music. That’s it
On her love for the c-word:
It’s funny. The word is so offensive to everyone in the world except for Bajans. You know African Americans use the n-word to their brothers? Well that’s the way we use the c-word. When I first came here, I was saying it like it was nothing, like, ‘Hey ****’, until my make-up artist finally had to tell me to stop. I just never knew
