Rihanna recently opened up about her relationship with A$AP Rocky, the father of her two sons.

In a new cover story interview In the magazine, the music icon revealed that she and Rocky became friends when they collaborated on a remix of her 2011 single and then performed the song at the MTV Video Music Awards.

The singer also co-starred on A$AP’s show fashion killer A music video was released in 2012, and subsequently, they officially started dating in late 2019.

“We have the same vision for fashion. We see the same creativity,” she told the outlet.

Rihanna shared, “We were often in the same circles. Beyond that, as we grew up, we ended up supporting each other’s brands, products, and ideas.”

However, in late 2019, the dynamics of our relationship began to change and we began dating “cautiously.”

“We’ve known each other for a long time. I’ve seen him in relationships. He’s seen me in relationships,” the songstress continued.

this umbrella The hit-maker mentioned, “We’ve seen each other outside of the relationship. We know what we’re capable of and the trouble we can cause in each other’s lives.”

“We could break each other’s hearts and break each other’s hearts. So we started dating very cautiously,” she said.

Rihanna revealed that COVID-19 “accelerated” their relationship and she believed “God knew we needed it because we were starting a family.”

The singer added: “Without COVID, it would have taken us a lot more time to get used to each other and even know that we were ready.”