ASAP Rocky

Rocky was in a relationship with fellow rapper Iggy Azalea. The couple met through a common friend and Iggy officially confirmed their relationship in January 2012. She later revealed that she tattooed the title of Rocky's mixtape ‘Live.Love.A$AP’ on her fingers. After the couple parted ways in July 2012, Iggy stated that she has striked out the word ‘A$AP’ and retained only ‘Live.Love’ of her tattoo.

Thereafter Rocky went on to date several female celebrities, such as Rihanna, Rita Ora, Madison Skylar, Chanel Iman, Rosee Divinem, Tahiry Jose and Kylie Jenner.

Rakim Mayers was born on October 3, 1988, in Harlem, New York City. His father was a Barbadian while his mother is African-American. He has an older sister named Erika B. Mayers.

Rocky started rapping when he was 9 years old. He used to rap with his older brother who then had the French braids hairdo which Rocky later himself sported.

When Rocky was 12 years old, his father was arrested for selling drugs. His father eventually died in 2012. At the age of 13, he lost his elder brother, Ricky, who was murdered by a rival drug dealer. This unfortunate incident motivated Rocky to work hard on his music.

He took to drug pedalling to support his family as they wandered around homeless shelters. He was arrested for drug pedalling in 2004 and was imprisoned for two weeks. In was in prison where he first met future rapper ‘Casanova’.

ASAP Rocky has been rapping since childhood owing to the influence of his elder brother. In 2007, he became a part of the Harlem based group ‘ASAP Mob’ after which he took on the moniker ‘ASAP’.

His first single ‘Purple Swag’, came out in July 2011, and made him a rap sensation as it gained tremendous popularity in New York City.

In August 2011, his single ‘Peso’ was leaked online and within a short span of time made a spot for itself on the high-profile Hot 97 New York radio station. However, the tremendous success of ‘Purple Swag’ had already got him noticed by record labels. He came out with the mixtape ‘Live. Love. A$AP’ before signing a $3 million worth deal with RCA Records and Polo Grounds Music. With the deal he also started the label ‘A$AP Worldwide’.

ASAP Rocky performed at the Pitchfork Music Festival in July 2012. Later that year, he performed as a guest rap on Rihanna's ‘Cockiness (Love It)’ at the MTV Video Music Awards.

In January 2013, he released his solo album ‘Long Live Asap’, which not only sold 3 million copies in the US but also went on to take the eighth spot on the Billboard 100 chart. The album included several popular names such as Kendrick Lamar, Joey Bada$$, 2 Chainz, Florence Welch, A$AP Ferg, and Santigold.

ASAP holds multiple meanings including ‘Always Strive and Prosper', 'Assassinating Snitches and Police' and 'Acronym Symbolizing Any Purpose'.

He is a record producer working under the pseudonym ‘Lord Flacko’.

He is a pescetarian.