Holdin' Down The Culture
In 2015, A$AP Rocky stated, “Why would I feel compelled to rap about Ferguson? I’m not about to say that I was down there throwing rocks at motherf*ckers, getting pepper-sprayed. I’d be lying. Is it because I’m Black? What the f*ck, am I Al Sharpton now? I’m A$AP Rocky. I did not sign up to be no political activist. I wanna talk about my motherf*ckin’ lean, my best friend dying, girls, my jiggy fashion and my inspirations in drugs. I live in f*cking Soho and Beverly Hills. I can’t relate.”
Recall, protests were breaking out across the United States due to numerous civilians being killed the police with many of the victims innocent of any crimes. Now, Rocky has addressed the 2015 statement he made in a new interview with ‘Kerwin Frost Talks’ stating,
“I thought I addressed that in the past and to be in jail hearing people still trying to stir up some weird sh*t. What I will say though is in those old interviews I used to say ‘I think it’s inappropriate for me to rap about things I didn’t help with. I felt like when it came to Ferguson, J. Cole went down there and he actually was on the news and he helped. I felt like he deserved to rap about it. So when someone ask me that in 2015 I’m like: ‘I just feel, personally, if I’m in SoHo or I’m here I can’t even talk on that’… That’s appropriating. … It’s not sincere. It’s pretentious.”
Catch Rocky’s interview below.
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