How is it possible for a ring singularity?

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If a star with enough mass to become a black hole is rotating before it becomes a black hole, then the singularity of the black hole will actually be a ring singularity. How is it possible?
 
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Irfan Nafi said:
If a star with enough mass to become a black hole is rotating before it becomes a black hole, then the singularity of the black hole will actually be a ring singularity. How is it possible?
Have you looked at the explanation in the Wikipedia article?