In 2015, ASAP Rocky made a statement on why he didn’t address Ferguson protests and the issues surrounding the Michael Brown case in his music, saying “Why would I feel compelled to rap about Ferguson? I’m not about to say that I was down there throwing rocks at motherf**kers, getting pepper-sprayed. I’d be lying. Is it because I’m black? What the fuck, am I Al Sharpton now? I’m A$AP Rocky. I did not sign up to be no political activist. I wanna talk about my motherf**kin’ lean, my best friend dying, girls, my jiggy fashion and my inspirations in drugs. I live in f**king Soho and Beverly Hills. I can’t relate." Now, the rapper has addressed the comment he made in a new interview.
While on ‘Kerwin Frost Talks,’ Rocky said “I thought I addressed that in the past and to be in jail hearing people still trying to stir up some weird s**t. What I will say though is in those old interviews I used to say 'I think it's inappropriate for me to rap about things I didn't help with. I felt like when it came to Ferguson, J. Cole went down there and he actually was on the news and he helped. I felt like he deserved to rap about it. So when someone ask me that in 2015 I'm like: 'I just feel, personally, if I'm in SoHo or I'm here I can't even talk on that'... That's appropriating. ... It's not sincere. It's pretentious." Watch above.
