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Rihanna Said We Weren't Ready For The Latest Savage X Fenty Show And She Was Entirely Correct - Blavity

If your group chat hasn’t planned its Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 3 premiere watch party then you need new friends. The third installation of the annual show took place at The Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites in Los Angeles. Rihanna has been taunting us on the gram by posting sultry photos and informing us we weren't ready. View this post on Instagram A post shared by badgalriri (@badgalriri) She was right. A sneak peek of the anticipated show dropped on Tuesday and the full show premieres on Amazon Prime Video on Friday. If you don’t have an Amazon password, you better ask somebody. We weren’t ready for the blazing hot runway but boy, are we glad we tuned in. Expect nothing less than smoking hot struts and serves from the futuristic show. The event was both a runway show and fire concert with performances from heavy hitters like Normani, BIA, Daddy Yankee, Nas, Jazmine Sullivan and Ricky Martin. RiRi didn't just stop at delivering fire performances, she also served some of our...

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