Friend$hip: The Cast of Characters That Make Up Rihanna's Instagram

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friend$hip. in. 2014.

Une photo publiée par badgalriri (@badgalriri) le Nov. 11, 2014 at 2:02 PST

We live in a world where Rihanna's triumphant return to Instagram gets covered by CNN. And, in the vernacular of @badgalriri herself, why the phuck wouldn't it? It's the best celebrity Instagram, period. Rihanna is having more fun being a famous person than all other famous people combined, and her social media accounts reflect that in vivid, weird, casually sexual detail.

And she doesn't do it alone. Rihanna's Instagram is populated with a deep cast of characters, both major and minor. Below, we've rounded up the most frequent cameos you'll find on @badgalriri. The setting: a yacht somewhere in Barbados. The cast, in no particular order:

A photo posted by @mdollas11 on Dec 12, 2014 at 5:01pm PST

Best friend @mdollas11, who is like a second helping of Rihanna. Forde is also a photographer, so she's responsible for a lot of the glam shots of our bad gal. She and Rihanna are childhood #bfflyfes.

A photo posted by Jennifer Rosales (@jennnrosales) on Dec 12, 2013 at 12:12am PST

Rihanna's personal assistant @jennnrosales is basically a best friend on the payroll (see exhibit a, b, c, d, e, f, and particularly g.)

selfie

A photo posted by badgalriri (@badgalriri) on Dec 12, 2014 at 9:57am PST

This recurring stick figure. There isn't a ton of intel on it, but that's probably for the best.

A photo posted by badgalriri (@badgalriri) on May 5, 2014 at 11:16am PDT

Weed. A lot of it. Though since her return to Instagram, there's been considerably less of it?

A video posted by @mdollas11 on Nov 11, 2014 at 9:40am PST

@sonitalex, a physics-defying dance goddess and medical professional.

Another longtime Rihanna friend (since they were 11 attending the Combermere School in Barbados), though Rihanna said they hated each other in the beginning because they a) have the same skin tone b) were born four days apart and c) were same height at the time. She is now a DOCTOR. Rihanna is so lucky to have a friend that likes to party, but can also answer various medical queries.

A photo posted by badgalriri (@badgalriri) on Apr 4, 2014 at 5:50pm PDT

Carefully camouflaged nipples. You know, since not carefully camouflaged nipples would deprive of the legend of her rightful Insta throne.

A video posted by badgalriri (@badgalriri) on Nov 11, 2014 at 6:40pm PST

This toddler. Who is this toddler? We still don't know, but we need more of her. More!

A photo posted by @ms_ogella on Nov 11, 2014 at 8:22am PST

Rihanna's cousin's baby, and subsequently this baby meme.

A photo posted by badgalriri (@badgalriri) on Nov 11, 2014 at 9:32am PST

This pair of underwear.

im sitting in a meeting at the office yesterday, and this guy randomly walks in with a mouth full o cashews, talking to everybody callin em by first name and shit to suggest that it is in fact he that is the regular there. He then proceeds to take my seat, and starts showing pix of his new chick to errbody (she's saved to the wallpaper, yes he's 86). Eventually he passed out right on the couch in the middle of the meeting...smh... Bravo is da realest. #granddaughter

Una foto publicada por badgalriri (@badgalriri) el Nov 11, 2014 at 6:17 PST

This badass grandfather, Bravo. He's in his mid-80s and bad as phuck.