Yesterday, Rihanna accepted the Humanitarian Of The Year award from the Harvard Foundation. Rihanna received her award for her work in her native island of Barbados. You can watch the full speech above. Rihanna’s speech starts around 1:19.

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It looks like the recognition keeps on coming for Rihanna this week. After breaking Michael Jackson’s record on the Billboard Hot 100, Rihanna is now being honored with the Peter J. Gomes Humanitarian Award from the prestigious Harvard University. Harvard Foundation director S. Allen Counter explains, “Rihanna has charitably built a state-of-the-art center for oncology […]

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