Insta-hit: How a desi girl made it to Rihanna's video

Rihanna sent Sanam a direct Instagram message inviting her to collaborate on an unspecified project

RiRi’s bizzare music videos are always a hit on the internet. This time when bad girl Rihanna released a video of her song B**ch Better Have My Money, curious cats were eager to find out who the mysterious brown henchwoman in the video was.

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One name kept repeating in the nonstop tweets- Sanam.
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Sanam is a 25-year-old Seattle resident who caught Rihanna’s eye on Instagram. Three months ago, Sanam received an Instagram message notifying her that @badgalriri had begun following her account. Days later, Rihanna sent her a direct Instagram message inviting her to collaborate on an unspecified project.
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In an interview with Vice, Sanam revealed that Rihanna was actually nervous to approach her.
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“The first day I met her, I was like, “How did you find me?’ She was like, ‘I saw you on my Explore page.’ … She was like, ‘Just thought you were so cool, and I was like, I don’t know if I should message her or not. I don’t know if she’s going to be down.’ I’m just sitting there, like, ‘Are you crazy? How could you be nervous to message me?’” stated Sanam.
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Sanam is a visual artist at a plant store and had never worked in a music video before Riri approached her. Now Sanam's on a first-syllable basis with Riri and rising fast with the major internet fame.

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When asked about her experience of working with the pop queen, Sanam said, “So while she might try to murder her accountant and his wife in her music videos, Rihanna’s a total sweetheart in real life.
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“She’s so sweet. She was showering us with compliments. She is so real and down-to-earth, which is the corniest thing to say about a famous person, but she really is.”
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Rihanna instagrammed an animated version of her song BBHMM, made by a PoptoonsTv
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