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Royce Da 5’9 had the Twitter universe going crazy during his 2011 BET Hip-Hop Awards cypher Tuesday night. 

While rapping in one of the cyphers, Royce Da 5’9 kept saying “Hi Rihanna” in between his bars. 

Immediately everyone on Twitter began tweeting about Royce’s RiRi name drops and eventually his “Hi Rihanna” line became a huge deal. 

VIDEO: BET Hip-Hop Awards Rap Cyphers

Royce hit up BET’s 106 and Park countdown show to explain why he kept saying “Hi Rihanna.”

“I seen her overseas, me and Em were performing at the V festival and she coming out to perform with us. She came out and she came up to me and told me she likes one of my songs. I feel like if she tells me that again, we go together [laughs] it has to happen. I express myself through my music so I just thought it was a line I was going to say. I didn’t know she was going to hear it.” 

Rihanna heard about his BET cypher, so she tweeted “Hi @RoyceDa59.”

Royce Da 5’9’s “Hi Rihanna” line eventually became a trending topic on Twitter for more than 20 hours. 

Watch Royce Da 5’9’s explanation below!