Rihanna honors her mother, Monica Braithewaite, amid ongoing lawsuit with her father

Rihanna's mother, Monica, got a special shoutout from RiRi on Friday, in honor of her birthday.

"Happy Birthday to my sweet beautiful mother," Rihanna tweeted Friday morning.

According to the Daily Mail, Rihanna's tweet comes amid ongoing legal problems with her dad, Ronald Fenty.

Rihanna, sued Ronald in January over his use of the family's last name for his Fenty Entertainment business. She feared the name would conflict with her Fenty product lines and claimed in the documents that he was using it in an attempt to profit from his daughter's celebrity status.

The documents also claim Ronald pretended to be the Rihanna's agent and that he booked her for a $15 million tour in Latin America. She also alleged he booked two concerts in the U.S. in Las Vegas and Los Angeles.

Prince Harry and Meghan are asking for charity donations

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have asked for charity donations instead of gifts in the lead up to the birth of their first child.

Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex have said that rather than receiving gifts, they'd prefer their fans to use their money to support four charities - The Lunchbox Fund, Little Village HQ, Well Child, and Baby2Baby.

Meanwhile,it was recently reported that the Duke and Duchess are actively seeking a male nanny for their baby as Maghan is more familiar to that more in the US.

Billy Ray Cyrus Responds to Country Music Controversy

Billy Ray Cyrus is defending his decision to join Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road.”

After the rapper’s viral country-trap song was removed from Billboard’s Hot Country chart, Billy, decided to speak  out about whether or not the song should be classified as “country.” 

“It was so obvious to me after hearing the song just one time,” Cyrus wrote on Twitter Friday. “I was thinking, what’s not country about it? What’s the rudimentary element of a country and western song? Then I thought, it’s honest, humble, and has an infectious hook, and a banjo. What the hell more do ya need?”

After the 19-year-old rapper Lil Nas X recruited Cyrus to make a remix, and the revamped version went viral on the Internet.