Quote

My real name's Rakim - my parents named me after the god MC himself.

ASAP Rocky

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

ASAP Rocky
Age: 36
Born: 1988
Born: October 3
Actor
Model
Music Video Director
Rapper
Record Producer
Singer
Songwriter
Harlem
New York
Rakim Mayers
Lord Flacko
Rakim Athelaston Mayers
ASAP Rocky
Pretty Flacko
Parents
Name
Parent
Names
Real
Named

More quotes by ASAP Rocky

Image
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.
ASAP Rocky
Image
I love 'Harry Potter' and JK Rowling - don't laugh at me!
ASAP Rocky
Image
I'm getting my respect as a video director. The fashion industry respects me and knows who I am.
ASAP Rocky
Image
[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.
ASAP Rocky
Image
Man gave us laws, and God gave us time, It's the art of storytelling and I'm only telling mine.
ASAP Rocky
Image
I used to be homophobic, but as I got older, I realized that wasn't the way to do things. I don't discriminate against anybody for their sexual preference, for their skin color... that's immature.
ASAP Rocky
Image
I used to go to Saks, I would go to Bergdorf, I would go to Barneys, I would go to thrift stores in SoHo.
ASAP Rocky
Image
I hate the hype. When 50 Cent came out, people were saying that he was the best rapper alive: Oh, he got shot nine times, he's better than Tupac, he's better than Biggie. That was all hype.
ASAP Rocky
Image
I don't even like New York rappers.
ASAP Rocky
Image
It would be disrespectful to take my stardom and bully my way into the fashion industry.
ASAP Rocky
Image
I was thinking about naming my child Kanye.
ASAP Rocky
Image
You wouldn't take me to be a Skrillex fan, but honestly, when I'm at his shows, I get high and liquored up, and I just go in the crowd and start raving.
ASAP Rocky
Image
Design my own line? No, I just like the culture.
ASAP Rocky
Image
I dress how I feel. I just go off emotion. I can't prepare my outfit a day before. Everything I wear is spontaneous.
ASAP Rocky
Image
So for me, fashion was about standing out as an individual - and it helped me get the attention that most people try to get with publicity stunts or by doing other crazy things. But I just let the attention come to me naturally, and I think some of that has to do with my fashion.
ASAP Rocky
Image
I'm not glorifying it at all, I'm just basically telling you that sometimes I have suicidal thoughts. And maybe I should seek help, or maybe it's not that deep.
ASAP Rocky
Image
Why can't I be friends with somebody who's gay? Why not? You can miss out on a lot by being so small-minded and stereotypical about people. It's stupid.
ASAP Rocky
Image
I haven't been a gay activist. I haven't protested for gay rights or none of that, but one thing I can say is that a lot of the designers I wear are gay and I like their clothes.
ASAP Rocky
Image
Everybody should be able to enjoy their life, because you only live once. So I just want to get it all out there and be the best role model that I can be, if people want to put me in that kind of predicament. I mean, I didn't ask to be a role model, because I'm not perfect.
ASAP Rocky
Image
I don't like new cars I'm into vintage cars - there's a Jaguar E-Type in the 'Goldie' video.
ASAP Rocky