A few days ago, ASAP Rocky received some bad press for some things he had to say about the Black Lives Matter movement. He said in an interview with Timeout magazine last year that he didn’t sign up to be a political activist and doesn’t want to talk about Ferguson because he can’t relate while he lives in Soho. Here’s a quote:
“They’re not forcing me to do s***. I’m just gonna stay black and die. Why, because I’m black? So every time something happens because I’m black I gotta stand up? What the f*** 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***’ lean, my best friend dying, the girls that come in and out of my life, the jiggy fashion that I wear, my new inspirations in drugs!
I don’t wanna talk about no f*** Ferguson and s*** because I don’t live over there! I live in f**** Soho and Beverly Hills. I can’t relate. I’m in the studio; I’m in these fashion studios; I’m in these b***s’ drawers. I’m not doing anything outside of that. That’s my life.”
We later learned that the interview was from last year and that Rocky’s views may have been misinterpreted or have since changed. He stopped by with The Breakfast Club to clear everything up. But was he successful in doing that?
Check out the full interview below.
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