ASAP Rocky
I'm getting my respect as a video director. The fashion industry respects me and knows who I am.
Man, if you're gay we can be friends. If you're straight, we can be friends. I'm not gay, I don't plan on being gay, I don't condone it and I'm not sayin' I'm against it.
I feel like everything I do in the hip-hop world has an influence. People don't really notice what I did until somebody else does it. As far as hip-hop goes, I want to continue to make good music, and good art. I don't really follow the state of hip-hop.
I don't wear diamond necklaces. I'm not against it but I never could afford it, so now I just wear gold. I wear bracelets, rings, anklets.
I'm the CEO of A$AP Worldwide. But as you can see, when I'm with them, everybody's equal. We don't really base our love off of finances or who's superior by financial status. We're all equal. When I'm with them, I'm letting them shine 'cause it's just like how it used to be. They still there. I'm just chilling out front.
My real name's Rakim - my parents named me after the god MC himself.
God is letting me shine, because I've got a good heart.Collection: Heart
I've got so much in my brain and I want to change the way we think sometimes.Collection: Thinking
I want to make my own path and leave behind a good legacy for myself and honestly, I just want to be innovative and always down for other people. That's what I want to be remembered by. I want to inspire.Collection: People
The worst thing a good girl could do to you is break your heart.Collection: Girl
I thought highly of myself growing up. I still do. There's not really much somebody can say to me to bring down my confidence or anything.Collection: Growing Up
I'm a people's person, believe it or not. I just have a dark side to me, which we all do.Collection: Believe
I want to inspire people to really open up their minds and not be one-sided or biased or hypocritical.Collection: People
I didn't want to be a loser, but I didn't want to fit in at the same time because I don't like just being ordinary. So it's one of those situations where I always kept my head up.Collection: Ordinary
There's just so much out there and so much inspiration... I just want to be tasteful.Collection: Inspiration
I was thinking about naming my child Kanye.Collection: Children
I want to be the first guy to help people accept everybody for who they are. I'm talking about colors, religions, sex, everybody. My music is for everybody, it's not just for one kind of group.Collection: Sex
All of the young people - the artsy people, people who get overlooked because they're weird or they don't have hype around them - need to get some shine.Collection: Hype
You wouldn't take me to be a Skrillex fan, but honestly, when I'm at his shows, I get high and liquored up, and I just go in the crowd and start raving.Collection: Fans
I've been into fashion since birth. I grew up in the 'hood, and everybody in the 'hood wants to compensate for being in poverty, so they want to look good to keep themselves up.Collection: Fashion
I wouldn't mind collaborating with anybody, but I don't want to design anything, I'm not a fashion designer.Collection: Fashion
[I want to be] Something that really touched you - and as far as image and change goes, I just really want a lot of people to respect my music and treat me... [as] inspiration.Collection: Inspiration
I just want my fans to grow up and enjoy the music first, I don't want to change the world that's not what my music is about.Collection: Growing Up
Who people like is their own business. It don't concern me. I know what I do - and I'm having a lot of fun with the women that I'm with.Collection: Fun
Ksubi' - the Australian jean brand, they're one of my favourite brands of just clothes and stuff, and the Swedish brand 'Acne', but other than that, not at this point in time designing. I wouldn't mind collab'n with those guys though.Collection: Clothes
I hate the hype. When 50 Cent came out, people were saying that he was the best rapper alive: "Oh, he got shot nine times, he's better than Tupac, he's better than Biggie." That was all hype.Collection: Hate
I was ashamed to let anyone know that I was living in a shelter. I remember one time coming home and some kids saw me and were like, "What you doing here? This is a shelter!" But I was like, "My mom's working there." It was pretty embarrassing.Collection: Mom
People don't make albums any more. It's always about singles. I wanted to take that old-school approach.Collection: School
I don't have any favourite lyrics. Honestly, all of them I love 'em to death - it's the same with songs. I don't have just one favourite lyric, I love them all.Collection: Song
I wanna make music that I feel proud of when I'm onstage, that I feel like I put my all into.Collection: Proud
I haven't been a gay activist. I haven't protested for gay rights or none of that, but one thing I can say is that a lot of the designers I wear are gay and I like their clothes.Collection: Gay
I don't even like New York rappers.Collection: New York
Why can't I be friends with somebody who's gay? Why not? You can miss out on a lot by being so small-minded and stereotypical about people. It's stupid.Collection: Stupid
Rihanna is a pothead and so am I, so we're real cool. Weed is going to bring us together as a generation. Drugs is what created Woodstock. Let's be clear about that.Collection: Weed
When Big Meech and everybody got indicted, hustling died. Keep it trill.Collection: Hustle
A lot of energy and excitement - that's what a lot of my shows are, energy and excitement.Collection: Energy
I don't want people to get the impression that I just got money and now I'm cocky, because I'm not. I'm just a little overly confident.Collection: Cocky
I strive for perfection, but Im not perfect. But what I can say is my morals are totally different than any other 24-year-old rapper my age now. I look at life totally different. A whole other aspect. I have different views and morals on life in general. And opinions.Collection: Rapper
I know that women are smarter than men. I don't wanna sound like I'm on a bandwagon for chicks but I do love 'em, can't front. Women are smarter than men. I know I gotta lot of chicks up my sleeve but you guys are twice as good.Collection: Men
When I started, I was 23 years old directing my own music videos; I'm co-producing on my album; I'm hands-on with everything. I'm more than just a pretty boy: I'm an artist. I'm not saying I'm a hip-hop music artist, I'm an artiste.Collection: Artist
Probably, violent things I've done when I was younger, was probably the most despicable thing that I've ever done.Collection: Done
I'm from New York and I love New York and I'm always repping New York, but what I represent is something deeper than just being a New York rapper.Collection: New York