Las Vegas Weekly

September 8, 2009 · 8:28 AM

Photo Gallery: Rihanna continues her R&R with T-Pain, Fabolous

By Robin Leach

Fabolous and Rihanna.

Photo: Shadow PR

Superstar singer Rihanna spent a lot of time in the company of rappers Fabolous and T-Pain on her runaway R&R Las Vegas vacation. Her escape from the L.A. headlines of former beau Chris Brown began at Wet Republic in MGM Grand.

Click HERE for our earlier story of Rihanna’s secret visit.

The Barbados beauty was last seen at Wet Republic over the Fourth of July weekend with Jay-Z, and she returned for another major holiday celebration. The gorgeous songstress arrived with a small group of friends and partied in one of the private bungalows.

Rihanna was enjoying herself so much that she didn’t want to leave, so Wet Republic stayed open past its regular hours -- but the kitchen had closed when she decided to order food for the group! Solution? The staff ran to the nearby McDonald’s in the MGM food court at her request and loaded up on burgers and fries!

Rihanna, who was staying at the Hard Rock Hotel, where she posed in her suite for photos with friends during her visit, welcomed Fabolous and T-Pain to her pool cabana before watching T-Pain perform poolside for more than an hour. She sang and danced along with the music the entire time to the delight of a crazed crowd watching her from above the stage.

She had another food service order that prompted me to jot in my notebook. Rihanna ordered chicken noodle soup and turkey burgers, but they aren’t served at the pool, so a waiter from Mr. Lucky’s brought them over!

Fabolous and Rihanna showed up at N9NE Steakhouse in George Maloof’s Palms in a party of 12 seated in the main dining room. She wore a short turquoise dress with gold hoops and black suede flats. Fabolous was blinged out with a diamond-encrusted necklace that shone bright over a simple white undershirt and jeans.

Rihanna feasted on the gnocchi Bolognese, Kobe short ribs and potato leek soup, while Fabolous indulged in the rock shrimp, lemon chicken, gnocchi, creamed corn and mac ’n’ cheese.

Fabolous performed at Jet in The Mirage with an unbelievable 12-song set for thousands of eager partygoers, including Rihanna, who was joined by Ja Rule for the nonstop show. Highlights of his performance included “Holler Back Youngin,’ ” “So Into You” and “Superwoman.”

Fabolous gave Rihanna and Ja Rule a shout-out in the middle of his set, and Rihanna enjoyed herself, smiling as she danced and sang along throughout the show. Afterward, the trio partied until the early morning hour.

Robin Leach has been a journalist for more than 50 years and has spent the past decade giving readers the inside scoop on Las Vegas, the world’s premier platinum playground.

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