Rihanna enjoys a late night shopping trip with her brother Rajad after toxic Twitter exchange with Chris Brown

PUBLISHED: 07:39 EST, 11 May 2013 | UPDATED: 07:07 EST, 13 May 2013

She seemed to be exchanging thinly veiled insults with her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown after splitting from him last week and it seems that Rihanna is turning to her family for comfort.

The Barbadian singer was seen enjoying a late night shopping trip with her brother Rajad Fenty in New York on Wednesday.

The 25-year-old stepped out with her 15-year-old sibling were spotted at Best Buy and Rihanna decided to show off some leg for the occasion.

He's her number one guy: Rihanna enjoyed a late night shopping trip with her brother Rajad Fenty on Wednesday

Rihanna teamed a pair of tiny denim shorts with a printed T-shirt with Karl Lagerfeld across the front and an oversized black blazor.

The outfit showed off her trim pins and she accessorised with red lips and a pair of sunglasses.

Rihanna and her teenage brother arrived arm-in-arm as they made their way the store.

Leggy lady: The 25-year-old singer wore a pair of tiny denim shorts, a printed T-shirt and an oversized blazer for the retail therapy

How can I help? A Busy Buy staff member seemed eager to assist the superstar and her brother

The shopping trip came shortly before Rihanna and ex Chris Brown got into what seemed to be a war of words on Twitter.

The music superstars sent out thinly veiled tweets on Thursday and Friday seemingly accusing each other of playing the field while they dated.

Rihanna started it off, uploading an Instagram picture on Thursday with the words:'If I drop all my hoes for you and we still don't work out you owe me some hoes.'

Retail therapy: The shopping trip came shortly before Rihanna and her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown appeared to swap some thinly veiled insults on Twitter

Although the meaning isn't clear, the picture insinuates that Rihanna either dropped all her friends when she was with Chris or that he was unfaithful to her.

Chris then upped the nastiness factor by tweeting on Friday: 'She's not mine if she's everybody elses.'