A$AP Rocky
A$AP Rocky is a Harlem rapper and A$AP Mob member whose music, videos, acting and fashion projects share a taste for experimentation.
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Overview
- Name
- Rakim Mayers
- From
- Harlem, New York City
- Work
- Rapper, actor and fashion creative
- Collective
- A$AP Mob
- Breakout
- “Peso,” “Purple Swag” and LIVE.LOVE.A$AP in 2011
Mini bio
How it started.
Raised in Harlem, Rakim Mayers grew up with an older brother, Ricky, whose braids and love of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony he admired. His family spent time in shelters after his father went to jail. By September 2011, “Peso” was playing on Hot 97, and the internet audience for “Purple Swag” and LIVE.LOVE.A$AP was opening doors to a record deal.
The music.
Working with A$AP Mob and mentor A$AP Yams, Rocky brought a Harlem perspective to music shaped by sounds from beyond New York. LONG.LIVE.A$AP in 2013 and AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP in 2015 both debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. TESTING followed in 2018, with collaborators including Skepta, Frank Ocean and FKA twigs.
A wider canvas.
His creative agency AWGE has worked across music and fashion. In 2025, he took on a creative director role at Ray-Ban Studios and appeared in Highest 2 Lowest and If I Had Legs I’d Kick You. Don’t Be Dumb followed in January 2026, with artwork created in collaboration with Tim Burton.
Creditschronological, newest first
Music
- 2026Don’t Be DumbArtist; fourth studio album
- 2018TESTINGArtist and executive producer
- 2015AT.LONG.LAST.A$APArtist; second studio album
- 2013LONG.LIVE.A$APArtist; debut studio album
- 2011LIVE.LOVE.A$APArtist; breakout mixtape
Film
- 2025If I Had Legs I’d Kick YouCast
- 2025Highest 2 LowestYung Felon
Fashion
- 2026Ray-Ban metal collectionCreative director; campaign with Nas
- 2025Ray-Ban StudiosCreative director
Awards
Quotes
I’ve been into fashion since birth.A$AP Rocky, Interview magazine
In his January 2012 interview with Dimitri Ehrlich, Rocky described how his interest in clothes began while growing up in Harlem.
Trivia
- A$AP stands for “Always Strive and Prosper.”
- His parents named him after rapper Rakim.
- For the 2018 TESTING rollout, he staged Lab Rat, a performance in a glass room at Sotheby’s.
- The Don’t Be Dumb artwork depicts six personas, including GR1M, Babushka Boi and Mr. Mayers.
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