Rihanna will celebrate the new year in style - with a $500,000 paycheck. Photo Credit: Splash NewsNovember 25, 2009, (Splash News) - Rihanna will celebrate the new year in style - with a $500,000 paycheck.
The R&B star is being paid to perform at the Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi, her first-ever gig in the Middle East, the New York Post reports.
"She was supposed to perform in May but she canceled in the aftermath of the assault [by Chris Brown]. This is a make-up date," an insider told the Post.
Rihanna's representative Amanda Silverman did not comment.
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