A new rumor surrounding the upcoming Black Panther: Wakanda Forever claims that multi-award-winning singer Rihanna has recorded several songs for the MCU sequel. According to The New York Times writer Kyle Buchanan, “Rihanna is recording the end-credits song for BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER.”

While this is just a rumor at present, Buchanan believes that a Black Panther: Wakanda Forever song by the best-selling artist “If nothing else, this adds a significant new Oscar contender to an original-song race.”

Rihanna is now one of the biggest music artists of all time, with sales of over 250 million records worldwide. In fact, she is quite literally the second-best-selling female music artist of all time after achieving 14 number-ones and 31 top-ten singles in the US. Over the last few years, Rihanna has been showered with accolades, including nine Grammy Awards, 13 American Music Awards, 12 Billboard Music Awards, six Guinness World Records, and the NAACP’s President’s Award, and is considered one of the most influential celebrities in the world.

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Rihanna has not released any solo music as a leading artist for a while now, and no doubt a theme for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever would be a major boon for the MCU sequel.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Will Introduce Namor to the MCU

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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever will find Queen Ramonda (Angela Bassett), Shuri (Letitia Wright), M’Baku (Winston Duke), Okoye (Danai Gurira) and the Dora Milaje (including Florence Kasumba) fighting to protect their nation from intervening world powers in the wake of King T’Challa’s death. As the Wakandans strive to embrace their next chapter, the heroes must band together with the help of War Dog Nakia (Lupita Nyong’o) and Everett Ross (Martin Freeman) and forge a new path for the kingdom of Wakanda.

The Black Panther sequel will introduce Tenoch Huerta as Namor, king of a hidden undersea nation. Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige recently explained why Namor will make the perfect addition to the world of the MCU, saying, “How do you continue moving forward in the face of great loss and great tragedy, and in the face of a new threat, when all you want to do is maybe hide from the world, and process your grief, and a new, gigantic threat arrives that must be confronted? Which, of course, is Namor.”

Directed by Ryan Coogler, who has co-written the screenplay with Joe Robert Cole, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever stars Letitia Wright as Shuri, Lupita Nyong’o as Nakia, Danai Gurira as Okoye, Winston Duke as M’Baku, Florence Kasumba as Ayo, Dominique Thorne as Riri Williams aka Ironheart, Michaela Coel as Aneka, Tenoch Huerta as Namor, Martin Freeman as Everett K. Ross, and Angela Bassett as Ramonda. Additionally, the rest of the supporting cast will include Isaach de Bankolé, Dorothy Steel, Danny Sapani, Mabel Cadena, Alex Livinalli, Kamaru Usman, and Richard Schiff.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is scheduled to be released in the United States on November 11, 2022, as the final film in Phase Four of the MCU.