British singer Rita Ora has been embraced by the fashion community this year, and with its August cover story, Interview Magazine Germany is the latest glossy to feature the blonde dynamo. Lensed by Damon Baker,

Rita rocks form-fitting looks in the studio snaps styled by Klaus Stockhausen. Inside the magazine, the “R.I.P.” singer opens up about meeting her mentor Jay-Z, ““He said Hello – and just in that moment, one of his bodyguards stepped on my shoes. Brand new Air Jordans…so I knelt down to rub them clean, ‘cause that’s what you’re supposed to do. But Jay-Z grabbed me by the shoulders, pulled me up and went: ‘Don’t ever do that. Come with me.’ And then…we went sneaker shopping. A whole suitcase of sneakers!”