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Meet Amina Muaddi, Asap Rocky’s Alleged Mistress
Amina Muaddi is a is a Jordanian-Romanian fashion designer, who was recently in the news after she was accused of being the alleged mistress of Asap Rocky.
Amina Muaddi is a is a Jordanian-Romanian fashion designer, who was recently in the news after she was accused of being the alleged mistress of Asap Rocky.
Recall that the internet was set abuzz yesterday after a viral tweet claimed that Asap Rocky cheated on Rihanna with Amina Muaddi. The tweet further noted that the couple have supposedly split.
Social media reports have it that the Rapper and Amina has previoudly been in relationship years before his recent courtship with rihanna.
Amina Muaddi’s Biography
Amina Muaddi was born in Romania to a Jordanian father and Romanian mother. Her parents split when she was six and she returned to Romania with her mother, where she spent most of her childhood.
The 36 year old singer noted she was determined to work in the fashion industry since she was nine years old. She studied at the European Institute of Design in Milan and worked as an assistant stylist for Condé Nast, Vogue Italy, L’Uomo Vogue and then for GQ magazine in New York.
Amina gained an interest in designing footwear and moved to Riviera del Brenta to learn about the trade, working with artisans and suppliers. She returned to Milan in 2013, where she co-founded luxury label Oscar Tiye, which was featured that year during Milan Fashion Week.
She then moved to Paris and worked with Alexandre Vauthier as a designer on his footwear line. Her pieces have been worn by the likes of Bella and Gigi Hadid, Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner
Relationship with Rihanna and Asap Rocky
In 2018, Rihanna hired Amina to design footwear for Fenty and their first collection was launched in July 2020. She was reportedly introduced to singer through Jahleel Weaver, the singer’s stylist.
The musician soon fell in love with Amina’s designs and even enlisted her to design shoes for her Fenty drop in 2020. “Fenty reached out to me because Ri liked what I did and she was wearing my shoes and rocking them flawlessly,” Amina told Harper Bazaar in 2020.
Praising the singer in another interview with Vogue in 2019, Amina said: “She’s such a nice person. She sent me some Fenty clothes when she launched her own label – I feel amazing when I’m wearing them. There’s that swagger, you feel like you are channelling Rihanna.”
In December 2020, she collaborated with A$AP Rocky on a shoe collection, which is when they began the alleged extra-marital affair.