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Rihanna may be partying it up in Barbados right now, but pretty soon she'll be in her native country as an ambassador of sorts!

RiRi has signed a three-year contract with the Barbados Tourist Authority to promote the island, it was announced over the weekend. BTA chairman Adrian Elcock said production on the campaign is expected to begin soon, and it will be launched in September, just in time for the winter tourist season.

When she's not hitting the nightclub scene, Rihanna has been busy entertaining none other than Oprah Winfrey! RiRi tweeted this shot of the two of them driving around in her Jeep and wrote, "Look who popped up in my Hometown BARBADOS #topnotch." The 24-year-old R&B superstar is sitting down for a one-on-one interview for Oprah's Next Chapter, which is set to air on August 19.

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