The world ran bananas yesterday when international heartthrob, billionaire, fashion icon, and multi-hyphenate Robyn Rihanna Fenty let the world know that she alongside her boyfriend ASAP Rocky are expecting their first child.
The Barbadian singer debuted her baby bump while out in New York City over the weekend with her rapper boyfriend.
The couple was photographed out in New York City over the weekend, where Rihanna debuted her baby bump while wearing a long pink jacket. Her oversized outerwear was unbuttoned at the bottom to reveal her growing bump adorned in a gold cross with colorful jewels.
In one of the sweet photos, which were snapped in Harlem, where A$AP Rocky grew up, the rapper kisses the soon-to-be mom on her forehead as they enjoy a snowy walk outdoors.
However, as felicitations keep streaming in the world over to the Barbadian mogul, very many people are curious to find out more about the man behind the world’s richest singer’s baby bump.
Born Rakim Athelaston Mayers, ASAP Rocky is an American rapper and record producer from Manhattan. He is a member of the hip-hop collective ASAP Mob, from which he adopted his moniker.
ASAP Rocky’s debut studio album Long. Live. ASAP debuted at number one on the billboard 200 and got certified Double Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
The album was preceded by Rocky’s breakout single, Fuckin’ Problems (that featured Drake, Kendrick, and 2Chainz), and was nominated for the best rap song at the 2014 Grammy Awards.
Rocky has won a BET Award, two BET Hip Hop Awards, an MTV Video Music Award Japan, and an MTVU Woodie Award, as well as being nominated for two Grammy Awards, six World Music Awards, three MTV Video Music Awards, and two MTV Europe Music Awards. Rocky has also directed music videos for himself, Danny Brown, and other A$AP Mob members. Furthermore, he is a noted record producer, producing under the pseudonym Lord Flacko.
Legal issues
In 2006, A$AP Rocky served two weeks in Rikers Island for drug dealing, where he shared a cell with future rapper Casanova.
On July 19, 2012, he was arrested after his alleged participation in a brawl that took place in downtown Manhattan involved a 21-year-old artist named iRome.
In July 2012, he was sued for allegedly violently attacking an innocent man after being spotted doing illegal drugs in a clothing store in New York. He was later arrested for assaulting two amateur photographers who took photos of the incident. That incident ended with a plea bargain where he pled guilty to grand larceny for trying to take their cameras.
On August 31, 2013, A$AP Rocky allegedly slapped a woman during the Budweiser Made in America Festival. He was charged “with misdemeanor simple assault, a class two misdemeanor”. The case was dismissed after a witness failed to appear in court. The woman later filed a lawsuit in July 2014, asserting that she still suffered certain conditions as a consequence of the alleged assault.
A$AP Rocky stated that he never touched the woman in question and that she “should have known that there could be trouble in place with so many people”. The lawsuit was settled between the two in April 2015.
In 2016, A$AP Rocky was involved in a fistfight in New Zealand after refusing to let a man board the elevator he was on.
In January 2019, A$AP Rocky was involved in a scuffle in Toronto. A video shows him holding a bottle while barking at a man kneeling on the ground while holding his face.
In a May 2021 cover story for GQ, Rocky referred to the Fenty mogul as “the love of my life.” He also expressed that he loves being coupled up over being single. “It’s’ so much better,” he said. “So much better when you got the One. She amounts to probably, like, a million of the other ones. I think when you know, you know. She’s the One.”