News: Rihanna Admires Alicia Keys' Fashion Choices
Rihanna says she is too darn bashful to be taking off all her clothes for a photo shoot. A German magazine discovered that recently when the singer refused to grace the cover after learning the editors wanted her topless.
"I don't like to wear things (that are) too skimpy... If I do shorts on the bottom, it's gotta be something very conservative at the top. If it's skimpy at the top, it's gotta be long jeans or something," the Barbados-born pop singer said according to Female First. "I like to balance it out. I won't do short shorts and short top."
Rihanna said she'd rather emulate her idol Alicia Keys when it comes to decisions about showing skin: "That's what I admire so much about Alicia Keys. She became so successful off of just her music. She was really conservative about her style at first."
Rihanna may have gotten a dressing down of sorts by none other than Beyonce. Folks who have heard her track "Ring the Alarm," which was leaked last week from her upcoming album "B'Day," believe the singer's fiery lyrics are meant as a not-so-subtle warning for Rihanna, who was rumored to be dating her boyfriend Jay-Z in New York while she was filming "Dreamgirls" in Los Angeles.
In an angry, deliberately over-modulated voice - and with WWII air raid sirens blaring in the background - Beyonce shouts in the chorus: "Ring the Alarm! I been doin' this too long! But I'll be damned if I see another chick on your arm!"
The song was supposed to be the second single from "B-Day," due in stores Sept. 4, and it was tipped that Beyonce would be belting this number live at MTV's Video Music Awards on Aug. 31, but then word leaked that another single - possibly "Green Light" (produced by The Neptunes) or "Get Me Bodied" (laced by Swizz Beatz) will be released instead after "Ring the Alarm" fared poorly among focus groups.
Another rumor says the song is not directed at Rihanna, but at singer Blu Cantrell, who apparently had a little thing with Jay-Z in the past. In any case, a video has reportedly been shot for "Ring the Alarm," but it's unsure when, if ever, it will be released.
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