5.4.13

A$AP //// He's got a connoisseur's eye and a curator's soul


F
ASHION WAS A NATURAL THING TO ME.
IT WAS JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT
 HELPED ME BE AN INDIVIDUAL.
—A$AP ROCKY
 
 
A$AP Rocky
Alexander Wang
Craig Mcdean
 
 
"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. It was like being on the streets and then being in school at the same time, and I tried to keep my hands in everything just so I wasn't missing out on any fun. I just always wanted to be knowledgeable of my whereabouts, my surroundings, and what was going on with our generation. So now that I'm here and I've got a microphone in my hand and about 6,000 people watching me, I need to tell them how I feel"