Cover Trends: Rihanna Talks Chris Brown, Matt Kemp and Stardom with Vanity Fair

Singer, actress and trendsetter Rihanna is gorgeously displayed on the cover of the latest issue of Vanity Fair and the rest of her splattered in the assigned pages only reiterate the fact that she is one of the most gorgeously innovatively viable artists of her generation.

But aside from the obvious – the accompanying article delves deeper than normal into the psyche of a young woman who has systematically navigated her career and personal life with astute awareness of what comes with being a modern day superstar. She has consistently remained true to her instincts and has stated time again that she refuses to be labeled a “role model”, preferring to allow the likes of Taylor Swift to freely embody that title.

Rihanna is more comfortable with the freedom of being able to chart her course without relinquishing control of her most basic self. She is also maturing before the eyes of the public and her growth is more than evident through her own words as she discusses her volatile relationship with Chris Brown that ended with the infamous physical assault that dominated the headlines back in 2009. She readily admits that she mistakenly believed she was the girl who would make Brown a better man.

She also touches on her brief romance with baseball player Matt Kemp describing how “uncomfortable” she was with the all the media scrutiny when in fact their relationship wasn’t that involved to warrant that level of attention.

But the most revealing revelation ironically came from a very unlikely source. When asked about Rachel Dolezal, the most hated white/black woman in America – the Barbadian native didn’t rely on politically correct banter for guidance. She expressed a view that automatically catapulted her to the top of the Wanted List on Twitter when word spread that she dared to categorize the woman who deceived people into believing she was black – a hero.

“I think she was a bit of a hero, because she kind of flipped on society a little bit”. “Is it such a horrible thing that she pretended to be black? Black is a great thing, and I think she legit changed people’s perspective a bit and woke people up”.

Regardless of whether or not you concur – you have to admit that making a statement like that takes balls – especially when you know that you might be tossed out and verbally stoned for it.

But that’s why we dig her!