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going to Australia and stuff, doing like a mini Australia tour so I’m excited about that! When we met you at Coachella in 2012, hanging out with you and the mob before the gig in your trailer and before you went on stage, you all gathered around in a circle and prayed. Do you always do that and is it important to you to pray? Yeah of course, we have to! You’re supposed to pray! You don’t pray? No I don’t - and you just made me feel a bit guilty for not doing it. You shouldn’t and I’m not trying to guilt you. It’s different strokes for different folks. For me, I’ve got a relationship with God. God got me there to where I’m at so I’m blessed - I like to thank him and ask him for you know, help on stage and stuff like that. So you actively believe in God? Yeah but I’m not really religious - I’m a Christian but I’m not strong on religion because I’m busy and I don’t have time to be in church like I need to. I’ve got my own relationship with God, how I feel. I talk to him on my own.
“CAN YOU PLEASE MAKE IT KNOWN THAT I’M IN LOVE WITH ERYKAH BADU, AND I’M SERIOUS ABOUT THAT.” That’s good, I suppose you have to find your own way how to handle things. I feel like I should start doing something now. You should! Not to be religious - just to bridge a gap with God, talk to him! How do you get what you want in life, without working hard for it? That’s a good question - I work for it but then I also write it down, what I want in the next 1, 10 and 50 years, which a friend taught me to do. I write it, lock the papers in and always have it in mind. If that works for you then continue to do it. Praying to God works for me. Okay. Here’s what we’re going to do now. I mention some names and you tell me what they are or mean to you: Swizz Beats Big brother. Drake Brozay! Florence Welch Cool chick. Danny Brown My nigggggaaaaa... [PR people start gesturing we’re running out of time.] We thought we’d have a lot more time. Fuck ‘em this is good, let’s keep talking. If you could pick a couple of people to work with, who’d it be? It doesn’t have to be music, feel free to say whomever. Andre3000. I want to work with Mano, I fucks with him. I want to work on film with Leonardo DiCaprio but that seems like some weird shit request but it’s possible, anything is possible! I was on the cover of Vogue which just shows that anything is possible, that was too jiggy you know? And then who else. I want to work with Jay-Z, but I want to work with him in a
more entrepreneurial type way - like I want to do things that are good for me financially, for my future you know what I’m saying? It doesn’t have to necessarily be music. I want to work with Missy Elliott. Yes, what’s she up to now? We miss her. She rich as fuck somewhere right now, just chilling, bagging bitches. You know she loves to hustle big booty bitches. What about Erykah Badu, would that be something? I have a feeling you’d be a sick duo. Alright, look... Everybody loves Erykah Badu. I do love her but I don’t think I could focus. Because, seriously, I have a deep deep deep deep passion and crush for Erykah Badu. I respect her as a woman and I know her and I got the privilege of meeting her and I fell in love with her. I’m being for real now, I’m being honest. I think it’s dangerous for me to be around her because something might happen. I’m in love with Erykah Badu and if I didn’t have a girlfriend I’d definitely pursue Erykah Badu. I can’t blame you for it, she’s amazing. And she has gold teeth, she wears high end designers; the day that I met her she had a Lanvin hat and Comme des Garcons pants on, but they didn’t have any monograms on so you couldn’t tell what brand it was. I love that. I don’t like for people to know what you wear you know? Unless it’s street wear. But it was her presence, man. She had a weird haircut, that turns me on. She has a fat ass, that turns me on. Her music, her voice is sexy - uuurgh, [makes frustrated sound] it’s like that. You know what, I’m becoming a weirdo right now. You’re not, you’re just getting passionate about Erykah Badu. Can you please make it known that I’m in love with Erykah Badu and I’m serious about that. Even though she look at me like a little brother I have a crush on her. She can get it. For real. I think that might be the last question for me to ask because you just gave me the best answer, it’s the best love talk I’ve heard in a while. Straight up! She can get it and I ain’t playing. Is there any guys out there actors, athletes, musicians, anything - that you ever felt that way about? Maybe not as passionately as you - as for me, unless I’ve met them, they’re someone on the radio, screen or whatever. A bit untouchable. That’s true though. I got to meet her though so that’s what made me all like this. Before I met her she was a fantasy but when I met her - she thought I was handsome also, I think, I think all girls think I’m handsome [laughs] - I just want to let her know I’m in love with her. And I don’t think my girlfriend would mind. It’s two bad bitches in this world besides my girl: one is Erykah Badu, and the other one... I can’t tell you that. Just a hint? She’s also a pretty motherfucker and she’s a bad girl, so… Swag. Bad girls, bad bitches you know how it goes. Alright I’m saying too much, I’m outta here. And with that we left A$AP Rocky - happy and impressed with his openness, good mood, good look but most of all his talent. Catch him on one of his tours, go to his shows, look him up online, because it’s most definitely worth it. God bless him. asapmob.com
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