On Sunday Rihanna and her family celebrated their beloved grandfather Lionel Braithwaite’s birthday. On Instagram Rihanna congratulated her granddad and wrote a very sweet message:

Happy Birthday Grandfadda Bravo!!!!! You are so special to all of us!!! If it wasn’t for you buying out the whole tray of mangoes from gran gran Dolly that one day you got off your ship in Guyana, and charmed her with that smile laced with a gold cap, NONE of us would be here!!

So Im saying a special thanks to you for having the heart of a Lion, my Scorpio King, Legend!!! They will never know what it took for you to get us here!! I love you way past unconditional!!! You’re true az steel BRAVO!!!! #BirthdayBoy

At the party Rihanna rocked a gold embossed racer front dress from her own River Island winter collection, set to release Nov 7th.

Update – More photos have been updated to the gallery.