--- title: Diamond Ball: Internet Reacts to Rihanna and Beyoncé Photos description: Beyoncé showed up at Rihanna's Diamond Ball charity gala in New York City on Thursday night — and their friendship is giving fans joy. canonical: https://time.com/4943518/rihanna-beyonce-diamond-ball/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-15T15:23:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:47:17.457Z og:title: The Internet Can't Handle Rihanna & Beyoncé's Glam Night Out og:description: Beyoncé dropped by Rihanna's glitzy Diamond Ball og:url: https://time.com/4943518/rihanna-beyonce-diamond-ball/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt128163731453b711/6988ddf5cf40a850a9c49689/rihanna-beyonce-diamond-ball.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Rihanna's 3rd Annual Diamond Ball Benefitting The Clara Lionel Foundation at Cipriani Wall Street - Inside og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet Can't Handle Rihanna & Beyoncé's Glam Night Out twitter:description: Beyoncé dropped by Rihanna's glitzy Diamond Ball twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt128163731453b711/6988ddf5cf40a850a9c49689/rihanna-beyonce-diamond-ball.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Internet Can Barely Process the Glory of Rihanna and Beyoncé's Night Out  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Sep 15, 2017 3:23 PM UTC  Beyonce and Rihanna attend Rihanna's 3rd Annual Diamond Ball Benefitting The Clara Lionel Foundation at Cipriani Wall Street on September 14, 2017 in New York City. Beyonce and Rihanna attend Rihanna's 3rd Annual Diamond Ball Benefitting The Clara Lionel Foundation at Cipriani Wall Street on September 14, 2017 in New York City.Kevin Mazur—Getty Images for Clara Lionel Fo  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Sep 15, 2017 3:23 PM UTC [Beyoncé](http://time.com/4926956/beyonce-george-clooney-and-oprah-are-hosting-a-telethon-for-harvey-relief/) and [Rihanna](http://time.com/4935748/rihanna-nyfw-motorbike/) are two of the most popular women in the world. They also just happen to be friendly, which everyone remembered when Beyoncé showing up to the star’s glitzy Diamond Ball for her charitable [Clara Lionel Foundation](http://time.com/money/4913123/donation-rihanna-foundation-entry-diamond-ball/) on Thursday night in New York City. (Yes, Jay Z was there too. No, the [newborn twins](http://time.com/4859243/beyonce-twins-dress-designer/) and Blue Ivy did not attend.) Seeing photos of the two glamorous titans of the music industry perched together chatting at one of the white-clothed dinner tables is one of the internet’s purest joys today. It continues a tradition of friendship pics that the two have snapped over the years — and proves that Rihanna really does bring out the best crew. Bey was in for a treat: with comedy from [Dave Chappelle](http://time.com/4885586/chappelle-colbert-snl-trump/), a performance by Kendrick Lamar and a DJ set from Calvin Harris, the night did not lack for star appearances or entertainment. (Also on display: the work that Rihanna’s foundation is doing for women and girls in the Caribbean [and Malawi](http://time.com/4809275/rihanna-malawi-global-citizen/).) But there’s no doubt that the Beyoncé-Rihanna reunion is the moment that stole the show. > [](https://twitter.com/1942bs/status/908565861052555268) > [](https://twitter.com/fonzfranc/status/908565517413138432) > [](https://twitter.com/PopCrave/status/908568466105311232) > [](https://twitter.com/runwayrih/status/908568375395205121) > [](https://twitter.com/TheBeyHiveTeam/status/908572735093084160) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4943518/rihanna-beyonce-diamond-ball/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4943518/rihanna-beyonce-diamond-ball/"},"headline":"The Internet Can Barely Process the Glory of Rihanna and Beyoncé's Night Out","datePublished":"2017-09-15T15:23:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:47:17.457Z","description":"Beyoncé showed up at Rihanna's Diamond Ball charity gala in New York City on Thursday night — and their friendship is giving fans joy.","url":"https://time.com/4943518/rihanna-beyonce-diamond-ball/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Beyonce","Rihanna"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt128163731453b711/6988ddf5cf40a850a9c49689/rihanna-beyonce-diamond-ball.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt128163731453b711/6988ddf5cf40a850a9c49689/rihanna-beyonce-diamond-ball.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Rihanna's 3rd Annual Diamond Ball Benefitting The Clara Lionel Foundation at Cipriani Wall Street - Inside","caption":"Rihanna's 3rd Annual Diamond Ball Benefitting The Clara Lionel Foundation at Cipriani Wall Street - Inside","creditText":"Kevin Mazur—Getty Images for Clara Lionel Fo","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4943518/rihanna-beyonce-diamond-ball/","name":"The Internet Can Barely Process the Glory of Rihanna and Beyoncé's Night Out"}}]}] ```