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Rihanna Gives Moving Speech at 'Black Girls Rock': 'The Only Thing That's Kept Me Going is Being Myself'

 Bad Gal Ri Ri thanked the best Black women she knows and shared some advice about self-love, acceptance and identity.
Rihanna Gives Moving Speech at 'Black Girls Rock': 'The Only Thing That's Kept Me Going is Being Myself'
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By Lauren Porter · Updated October 27, 2020

 

This year’s Black Girls Rock Rock Star award went to Rihanna and there was no one more deserving. In her acceptance speech, Bad Gal Ri Ri thanked the best Black women she knows and shared some advice about self-love, acceptance and identity.

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