Rihanna To Receive Special Honor At The 2020 NAACP Image Awards!
On Tuesday, the NAACP announced that Rihanna will be honored with the President’s Award during the 51st Image Awards ceremony this month!
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That’s right! the 31-year-old pop star and fashion icon was selected to receive this award for her “groundbreaking career as an artist and musician, but (someone who) has also distinguished herself as a stellar public servant,” The Hollywood reporter quotes. NAACP President Derrick Johnson said Rihanna, who continues to take the industry by storm, “epitomizes the type of character, grace, and devotion to justice” that the organization seeks to highlight.
“Alongside her incredible musical achievements which include nine GRAMMY awards, Rihanna continues to add more credits to her burgeoning resume: executive producer, fashion designer, actress, business entrepreneur, and philanthropist. Rihanna never stops breaking barriers and has built beauty and fashion empires with global beauty brand FEИTY Beauty, lingerie brand SAVAGE x FENTY, and the recently launched luxury fashion brand FEИTY, which saw her become the first woman of color to partner with LVMH and the first woman to start an original brand for the world’s largest luxury group,” NAACP said in a press release on their official website.
Previous recipients include rapper and business mogul Jay-Z, legendary boxer Muhammad Ali, Civil Rights activist Jesse Jackson and US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Rihanna will be given the big award during the Feb. 22 ceremony that will be televised for the first time on BET.
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