“A$AP” serves as an acronym meaning Always Strive and Prosper; Accumulate Status and Power; Always Stackin’, Always Paper-chasin’; Assassinating Snitches and Police; or the catchall, Acronyms Symbolizing Any Purpose, depending on who you ask.
Artist:: A$AP Rocky
Photographer: Kareem Black
Date: Sunday, October 23, 2011
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Did you know that A$AP’s real name is Rakim Mayer … named after the New York’s original God MC?
RESPECT.
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