ASAP Rocky
ASAP Rocky
Rakim Mayers, better known by his stage name ASAP Rocky, is an American rapper, record producer, director, actor and model from the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York. He is a member of the hip hop group A$AP Mob, from which he adopted his moniker...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRapper
Date of Birth3 October 1988
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
growing-up world want
I just want my fans to grow up and enjoy the music first, I don't want to change the world that's not what my music is about.
growing-up downtown world
For me, growing up in Harlem and then migrating down to SoHo and the Lower East Side and chillin' down there and making that my stomping ground... That was a big thing, because I'm from Harlem, and downtown is more artsy and also more open-minded. So I got the best of both worlds.
vintage car jaguars
I don't like new cars; I'm into vintage cars - there's a Jaguar E-Type in the 'Goldie' video.
laughing potters harry-potter
I love 'Harry Potter' and JK Rowling - don't laugh at me!
inspiration people want
[I want to be] Something that really touched you - and as far as image and change goes, I just really want a lot of people to respect my music and treat me... [as] inspiration.
proud feels
I wanna make music that I feel proud of when I'm onstage, that I feel like I put my all into.
real names parent
My real name's Rakim - my parents named me after the god MC himself.
new-york eye giving
It bring a tear to my eye to see native New York people give me my props because New York is stubborn and arrogant.
clothes guy design
Ksubi' - the Australian jean brand, they're one of my favourite brands of just clothes and stuff, and the Swedish brand 'Acne', but other than that, not at this point in time designing. I wouldn't mind collab'n with those guys though.
school people albums
People don't make albums any more. It's always about singles. I wanted to take that old-school approach.
rap thinking artist
I really want to do the unexpected, and I think that's what I did when I executed 'Long.Live.A$AP.' I wanted people to really see the message and that I'm an artist who not only has the capability of rapping, but of composing great music both for people of my generation and for people with different backgrounds.
fashion reality looks
Sometimes I feel like what's hard for fashion designers to do is take looks from off the runway and actually put it into existence, into reality. That's really the hard part.
done violent despicable
Probably, violent things I've done when I was younger, was probably the most despicable thing that I've ever done.
new-york men swag
New York gave me hell for that 'Purple Swag,' man. They didn't respect me until 'Peso.'