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Cardi B, A$AP Rocky, More Support Rihanna's Diamond Ball

Associated Press

   NEW YORK - Like many kids, Rihanna dreamed of someday growing up to be
   rich, but helping others was at the forefront of her vision.
   ``It's always been important to me before any success,'' she told The
   Associated Press on Thursday at her annual Diamond Ball charity gala.
   ``As a kid, just seeing those commercials on television with the kids
   in Africa,where it's like, 'It just takes 10 centsor 25 cents to help
   somebody'--I used to think, `When I grow up, I'm agonnabe rich and I'm
   going to make a lot of money and I could make a lot of 10 cents and a
   lot of 25 cents.'''
   She's made a lot more than that as superstar singer and now fashion and
   beauty mogul, and with her Clara Lionel Foundation has doled out money
   around the globe to help support education programs, women's health and
   emergency response organizations for people in need.

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