So, who is A$AP Rocky? Born Rakim Mayers, the 23-year-old Harlem native is working on bringing a new sound, energy, and image to hip-hop. Rumor has it that he was named after the famous 80’s hip-hop star Rakim, who was one half of the Eric B. & Rakim duo. Growing up A$AP Rocky didn’t have it so easy; at the age of 12 year old his father was sent to jail in connections with distributing drugs. In the years that followed, Rocky's older brother was found murdered near his apartment. After losing his brother, this inspired him to take rap very seriously. Since the tender age of 8, hip-hop has always been apart of Rocky.
In the fall of 2011, A$AP Rocky’s “Peso” leaked onto the Internet and within weeks it received airplay on the highly profiled New York radio station Hot 97. He quickly released a second single entitled “Purple Swag”. The music videos for "Peso" and "Purple Swag" helped generated a bigger buzz and resulted in A$AP Rocky signed a $3 million record deal with RCA and Sony. In October of 2011, ASAP Rocky released a mixtape entitled, “Love.Live.A$AP”; the mixtape received positive reviews from critics, fans, and listeners. Rocky will be set to release his first studio album entitled, “Long.Live.A$AP”, which is set to be released in the summer of 2012. A$AP Rocky isn’t just an artist, but also a businessman. According to sources, the deal with RCA/Sony wasn’t just to push Rocky as an artist, but to also push his own group A$AP Mob. A$AP Mob is also set to release a studio collaboration album entitled, “TRILLUMINVTI”; which is set to be release in May of 2012.
So, what’s next for Rocky? Well, A$AP Rocky just rapped up his tour with Young Money/Cash Money’s very own Drake, for Drake’s “Club Paradise Tour”. The tour also featured Compton’s own Kendrick Lamar, so you can bet that with free time; Rocky will be working on all his feature projects.
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