Rihanna's Iconic Image Awards Speech Sends Twitter Into A Starry-Eyed TIZZY

Rihanna really went from braiding people’s hair for coins to being the most influential woman in the world. pic.twitter.com/1GG6nVZ6lo

— Fenty Cop. (@FentyCop) February 23, 2020

That speech Rihanna just left us with. 👏🏾#NAACPImageAwards pic.twitter.com/SLOl3kuknG

— raveen 🤎 (@xoraveen) February 23, 2020

Rihanna curved every big award show but pulled up to the NAACP Image Awards. We can all learn a lesson.

— Kazeem Famuyide 🍎 (@Kazeem) February 23, 2020

1. One day I hope to be as comfortable at anything as @rihanna is at speaking.

2. She’s grown sooo much in the past 10 years and it’s genuinely inspirational.

3. I need everyone to stop what you’re doing and watch all 3mins of this

4. PULL UP! 💜pic.twitter.com/N5tysk9j1a

— Arlan 👊🏾 (@ArlanWasHere) February 23, 2020

That speech Rihanna just left us with. 👏🏾#NAACPImageAwards pic.twitter.com/SLOl3kuknG

— raveen 🤎 (@xoraveen) February 23, 2020

It’s also interesting to see people express how much Rihanna has “grown” after hearing her #NAACPImageAwards speech as if she’s been a deer in headlights.

She just turned 32. The “image” many only chose to focus on was her having fun and experiencing life through her 20’s.

— ᴅᴏʟʟᴀʀ (@callmedollar) February 23, 2020

Listen, Rihanna may not have given us an album but she gave us a speech honey #NAACPImageAward pic.twitter.com/fj5L9GgqkL

— Jess (@2BlessedJess) February 23, 2020

Tracee Ellis Ross & Rihanna. the power this has. pic.twitter.com/JBZh7HQCH9

— c (@chuuzus) February 23, 2020

I could not have imagined this 15 years ago. Rihanna gonna mess around and actually be who y’all pretend Bey is. https://t.co/ZpQuvkZTvW

— Tressie McMillan Cottom (@tressiemcphd) February 23, 2020

I have dream that one day y'all be able to praise Rihanna without bringing Beyoncé into it. pic.twitter.com/KjdIncR0cn

— Beyoncé Giselle Knowles Targaryen⁷ (@HoseokKnowles) February 23, 2020

Rihanna's #NAACPImageAward speech… pic.twitter.com/xnPERrMME4

— ayo. (@ayoomikun) February 23, 2020

"Tell your friends to pull up…" That part!! @rihanna is really bout that life. She is a real one. A. REAL. ONE. https://t.co/TtvtYT6AjE

— Gabrielle Union (@itsgabrielleu) February 23, 2020

Can we just talk about @rihanna speech at the NAACP real quick?!? Cause I was in awe pic.twitter.com/XX8WYplI2i

— Jazmin 💘 (@adorejazmin) February 23, 2020

BOWING DOWN @rihanna! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾Thank you for that speech and for continuing to inspire ❤️🙏🏾❤️🙏🏾❤️🙏🏾 https://t.co/PJpdH2XYEG

— kerry washington (@kerrywashington) February 23, 2020

Don’t let Mercury retrograde make you forget that this is Rihanna Season. pic.twitter.com/CUe49psXuo

— Chani Nicholas (@chaninicholas) February 24, 2020