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I've been into fashion since birth. I grew up in the 'hood, and everybody in the 'hood wants to compensate for being in poverty, so they want to look good to keep themselves up.
ASAP Rocky
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ASAP Rocky
Age: 36
Born: 1988
Born: October 3
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Harlem
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Lord Flacko
Rakim Athelaston Mayers
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New York gave me hell for that 'Purple Swag,' man. They didn't respect me until 'Peso.'
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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.
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I don't even like New York rappers.
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I don't care what straight people do, I don't care what gay people do. I don't care what nobody do. That's they business. I just care about what I do. You know what I'm saying?
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I'm getting my respect as a video director. The fashion industry respects me and knows who I am.
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I used to go to Saks, I would go to Bergdorf, I would go to Barneys, I would go to thrift stores in SoHo.
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I treat everybody equal, and so I want to be sure that my listeners and my followers do the same if they're gonna represent me. And if I'm gonna represent them, then I also want to do it in a good way.
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My real name's Rakim - my parents named me after the god MC himself.
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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.
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I love 'Harry Potter' and JK Rowling - don't laugh at me!
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I dress how I feel. I just go off emotion. I can't prepare my outfit a day before. Everything I wear is spontaneous.
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Man gave us laws, and God gave us time, It's the art of storytelling and I'm only telling mine.
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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.
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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.
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Design my own line? No, I just like the culture.
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Fashion is almost like a religion, for me at least.
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There's just so much out there and so much inspiration... I just want to be tasteful.
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[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.
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