--- title: Rihanna Tweets President of France for Education Campaign description: Rihanna took to her Twitter to follow up on a response from French president Francois Hollande about her education cause for Global Citizen. canonical: https://time.com/4505112/rihanna-to-francois-hollande/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-22T22:09:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:36:55.220Z og:title: Rihanna Just Tweeted the French President For a Good Cause og:description: "Did you see my letter? 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(Photo by James Devaney/GC Images) James Devaney—GC Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 22, 2016 10:09 PM UTC When [Rihanna](http://time.com/4501886/rihanna-fenty-puma-show-paris-fashion-week/) had not yet heard a response from French president Francois Hollande, she took a brief break from [being on the receiving end of Drake’s undying love professions](http://time.com/4465225/drake-rihanna-relationship/) to follow up with the world leader the way any self-respecting millennial would — by hitting him up on social media. The [_Anti_ singer](http://time.com/4198509/rihanna-anti-review/) took to Twitter to check in with Hollande regarding a letter that she had sent him regarding her #EducationCannotWait campaign in connection with [social justice organization Global Citizen](https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/), whose NYC festival she’ll be headlining this fall, alongside Kendrick Lamar and Major Lazer. > [](https://twitter.com/rihanna/status/779054070388682753) This isn’t the first time that Rihanna’s turned to a politician to help her cause. Last week, she memorably petitioned her fan base to hit up [Canadian heartthrob and prime minister Justin Trudeau](http://time.com/4314849/prince-harry-justin-trudeau-met/) to talk about education and health care reform. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4505112/rihanna-to-francois-hollande/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4505112/rihanna-to-francois-hollande/"},"headline":"Rihanna Just Tweeted the President of France For a Good Cause","datePublished":"2016-09-22T22:09:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:36:55.220Z","description":"\"Did you see my letter? 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