{blackbabes} Rihanna in semi-nude photo scandal

Rihanna has become embroiled in a new steamy photo scandal after cell phone pictures of the R&B star posing topless were posted online last week.

Gossip website MediaTakeOut.com has obtained two raunchy shots of the Bajan beauty reportedly snapped for an unnamed sportsman lover in 2009 following her split from singer Chris Brown.

One black and white image features Rihanna sticking her tongue out and giving a one-fingered salute to the camera as she pulls open her jacket with her other hand to reveal the curves of her topless figure underneath.

A second photo, in colour, shows the Umbrella hitmaker wearing just a pair of lace panties as she captures her semi-naked form in the mirror, holding her arms up to cover her breasts as she cocks her head to the side and smiles cheekily for the snap.

It is not known who the sexy shots were intended for, but the singer went public with her romance with baseball star Matt Kemp in early 2010. They reportedly broke up shortly before Christmas (10).

Rihanna previously hit the headlines in 2009 after similar steamy pictures, allegedly sent to then-boyfriend Brown, were leaked online.