STILL PRETTY

A$AP Rocky’s first album in over six years is (he says) finally coming — and hip-hop is still catching up to him. But Harlem’s favorite son has much more on his mind. Like German expressionism and Cocomelon

BY DAMIEN SCOTT

IN THE BACK ROOM o f an industrial art space in Brooklyn’s Bushwick neighborhood, A$AP Rocky is venting. Not about the muddled reaction his first official AWGE clothing collection garnered at Paris Fashion Week. Not about the devoted fans who keep asking what’s going on with A$AP Mob, the long-dormant hip-hop collective he co-founded nearly two decades ago. And, surprisingly, not even about the potshots Drake sent his way during the Rap Civil War that took place earlier this year. Nah, tonight Rocky is venting about children’s TV shows — Cocomelon, to be specific. “That shit is driving me nuts! Don’t tell my girl I said that,” he says before flashing his million-dollar smile, tonight speckled with platinum and diamonds, and letting out a laugh. “I’m totally joking, I don’t give…

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