A montage of her career and life was played before the
singer took the mic to accept her Rock Star Award nod.
Rihanna was among those honored during Friday, April
1 Black Girls Rock! Event held at New Jersey
Performing Arts Center. The “Diamonds” singer was
handed the Rock Star Award and she reportedly teared
up upon receiving the accolade.
The ceremony will only be aired on BET this Tuesday
but Billboard had some insight to what happened inside.
A montage of Rihanna’s life was played including her
interaction with grandma Gran Dolly. She was seen with
tears on her eyes when walking to the podium to accept
her prize.
“Thank you so much for celebrating us in a world that
doesn’t celebrate us enough. The minute you learn to
love yourself, you will not want to be anybody else,” she
said in her speech. “Role model is not the title they like
to give me …but I think I can inspire a lot of young
women to be themselves and that is half the battle.
Hopefully one day I’ll be raising my own little black girl
who rocks.”
The annual event is held to promote the arts for young
women of color as well as encourage dialogue and
analysis of the ways women of color are portrayed in
the media. Other honorees include TV producer Shonda
Rhimes, singer Gladys Knight, and “The Walking Dead”
star Danai Gurira.
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