Rakim Athelaston Mayers, known professionally as ASAP Rocky, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, model, actor, and music video director. He is a member of the hip hop collective A$AP Mob, from which he adopted his moniker. Rocky has won a BET Award, two BET Hip Hop Awards, a MTV Video Music Award Japan and a MTVU Woodie Award.
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Rakim Athelaston Mayers, known professionally as ASAP Rocky, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, model, actor, and music video director. He is a member of the hip hop collective A$AP Mob, from which he adopted his moniker. Rocky has won a BET Award, two BET Hip Hop Awards, a MTV Video Music Award Japan and a MTVU Woodie Award, as well as being nominated for two Grammy Awards, six World Music Awards, three MTV video Music Awards and two MTV Europe Music Awards. Mayers started rapping at age nine, when he moved to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He learned how to rap from his older brother, who also wore the Hair twists hairdo that Mayers later adopted. His first name was taken from the hip-hop artist Rakim, one half of the Eric B. & Rakim duo. His cousin is fellow ASAP Mob member ASAP Nast. In February 2012, Rocky joined Kendrick Lamar as the opening act for SpaceGhostPurrp’s Club Paradise Tour. In July 2011, Rocky released his single \”Purple Swag\” which quickly became a street anthem in New York City. In October, he released the mixtape Live. Love. A$ AP to critical acclaim and signed a two-year, USD 3 million record deal with RCA Records and Polo Grounds Music. In December 2012, he was nominated for BBC’s Sound of a Sound of 2012 poll.
In June, Rocky’s past collaborator, Miami-based collective SpaceGhost Purrp, accused ASAP Mob and Rocky of copying their style. He disassociated himself from SpaceGhost and Rocky in a YouTube video, saying that SpaceGhost is trying to build his own empire. In August 2011, his single ‘Peso’ was leaked online and within weeks received airplay on the high-profile Hot 97 New York radio station. He released his second album titled At. Long. Last. A $AP in 2015. In 2018, he releases his third album Testing. He has also directed music videos for himself, Danny Brown, and other A$ap Mob members. He also produces under the pseudonym Lord Flacko. In November 2013, Rocky started a record label, A$$AP Worldwide, with A$APS Yams, A $APS Bari and A$APP Illz. In January 2014, he signed a deal with A&M Records, with whom he has released several singles and a single, including ‘Purrrp’ and ‘My Enemy’ He has been accused of copying the style of rapper Drake, using lyrics from his song ‘Goldie’ in his music video for the song ‘Purp’ He was also accused of jumping into a fight with rapper Tyler, the Creator, and the Stoops in a video for his single, ‘Goldies’ in July 2013. In April 2014, Rocky appeared in a music video with rapper Lil’ Kim.
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