A$AP Rocky covers the Dec/Jan issue of the style magazine in his cover article conducted by Joe La Puma he touches on a variety of topics, from first week sales, who’s up next in the A$AP Mob crew, disloyalty coming after success, Odd Future comparisons, and much more. Read an excerpt of the interview below.
Do you find yourself having to deal with the politics of the industry more these days?
Nah, of course not. That’s friends, not industry stuff. We had Dominic Lord. He’d come join us when shit got dope, and because him and Bari were so cool, I just let it rock. I brought him in as a little brother, and then he didn’t want to wait. A$AP Mob, they’re waiting their turn. He left and started telling these labels that he’s the creative motherfucker behind A$AP and all this other shit. Shouts to him. It’s whatever. I’m just saying, there’s no more room for outsiders. We learned that lesson with Spacemonkey and Dom.
It seems that you’re committed to building the success of the A$AP Mob. Do you think you’ll ever be ready to be a label head?
I hope so, ’cause I would fuck the industry up. I would open the door for all the trill motherfuckers that need that shot. West Coast niggas, southern niggas, New York niggas, midwest niggas, fucking European London niggas that I met, fucking French people. Not just on some A$AP Rocky-sounding shit—I’m talking about people who deserve a shot. And motherfuckers don’t want to give it to them ’cause it’s underground shit.
Your success has opened up doors for your whole crew. Are they cognizant of that fact?
They know that and we all want the same shit. I worked hard. Ferg is up next. That’s a wake-up call for a lot of other niggas in A$AP. Everybody has their turn. And it’s not based off of talent—none of that. It’s just based off of God, whoever He wants to be next. You seen what happened last night with “Work.” C’mon dude, you really thought that was fucking “Peso.”
That song got a huge reception at the shows. How does it feel to see people responding to an artist you broke?
I’m ready to cry every time I see it, ’cause it’s like, “Damn, look what I did.” He’s shining. That shit is crazy, ’cause I want that for all of them niggas. It’s everybody’s turn.
The Odd Future comparisons have gone away.
Thank God. It was just because we were a group. They were out first. I came out with a group. We’re all into the same shit. They wear Supreme, we like Supreme. It was silly shit. We’re nothing alike, when you think about it
To read the whole cover story head HERE, also below is a video interview with the young’n in charge.
