Rihanna is sending out an “SOS” about HIV for her fans.
The “Umbrella” singer has partnered with Mac Cosmetics in an awareness campaign that is designed to educate young people about the virus.
Standing alongside these extraordinary young people, Rihanna revealed to The Advocate that it was the statistics about HIV infection that shocked her into participating: young people ages 13 to 24 accounted for 26 percent of new infections in the U.S., according to a 2010 CDC report.
“That’s younger than I am!” the 26-year-old singer exclaimed. “That’s how real that is. And people don’t know that, especially young people...and I think the only way to stop it is to have people know what’s going on.”
“I am very close with my fans, and when Mac approached me about this, I got a whole lot of information… a lot of heartbreaking real statistics that I didn’t know,” Rihanna said. “They were very shocking for me, and it’s something that I felt was important for me to get the word out, to spread the word, to educate young people, educate my fans on a matter that’s really killing us and killing the youth.”
Im so glad that im a Rihanna stan because without her saying all this I wouldnt know about the disease and how its spread. Im gonna stop the random bareback hook ups now!!
