ASAP Rocky: Rapper’s Wealth & Income

How much money does ASAP Rocky have?

The rapper ASAP Rocky is actually called Rakim Mayers and was born on October 3, 1988 in Harlem, New York. With his first two albums he landed at the top of the US charts, he also achieved considerable success with a few singles. In addition to music, he works as a fashion designer and actor. The cherished ASAP Rocky’s net worth is € 9 million.

The beginning of the rapper career

Mayers’ mother was a big fan of rapper MC Rakim from the 80s hip-hop duo Eric B. & Rakim, which is why she named her son after him. The small Rakim started rapping when he was eightHis older brother Ricky served as his model. He was shot when Mayers was 13 years old. Rakim Mayers took this as an opportunity to get serious about rapping. In order to support his family financially, however, he worked as a drug dealer. In 2004 he spent two weeks on the prison island Rikers Island.

In 2007 Mayers joined the rap crew ASAP Mob and gave himself up to his Stage name ASAP Rocky. In 2011 he stopped drug trafficking in favor of his music career. His debut single was released in July 2011 peso, followed shortly thereafter Purple swag. In October of the same year Rocky released his mixtape LIVE.LOVE.A $ APwhich earned him a recording deal with Sony. This ran for two years and was endowed with almost 2.7 million euros.

First successes of ASAP Rocky

In February 2012, ASAP Rocky formed the opening act with Kendrick Lamar on a Drake club tour. With two rappers and 2 Chainz, Rocky released the single in October 2012 Fuckin ‘problems , which had more than five million digital sales and climbed to eighth place on the US charts. In addition, the Song nominated for a Grammy. He was also on Rocky’s first studio album LONG.LIVE.A $ AP which was released in January 2013. The musician even landed at the top of the US charts. The long-playing record was sold more than two million times. To present the album, Rocky went on a US tour with 40 dates from September to November 2013.

In 2014 ASAP Rocky founded the creative agency AWGE, with whom he has been designing clothing and accessories ever since. Among other things, AWGE collaborated with Under Armor, Selfridges and Marine Serre, and the label also designed tour merchandise for Kanye West and The Weeknd. Since 2015 Rocky has also played in films. Among other things, he was in Dope (2015), Zoolander 2 (2016) and Pop star: Never Stop, Never Stopping (2016) to see.

AT.LONG.LAST.A $ AP storms the charts

AT.LONG.LAST.A $ AP, ASAP Rocky’s second album, released in 2015, rose just like its predecessor No. 1 on the US charts. It went over the counter over a million times. For the music video for the single LSD Rocky was nominated for a Grammy for the second time. The rapper’s third album, Testing, launched in 2018 and ranked fourth on the U.S. sales list. Over 500,000 copies were sold.

The end of June 2019 was ASAP Rocky embroiled in a fight in Stockholm. The Swedish public prosecutor’s office accused him and his entourage of having hit, kicked and injured a man with a broken bottle when he was already on the ground. Rocky entrusted the prominent Swedish lawyer Henrik Olssen Lilja with his defense. Donald Trump, Kim Kardashian and other celebrities publicly stood up for ASAP Rocky. After more than a month behind bars, Rocky was found guilty in mid-August 2019, but released again after paying relatively low damages to the victim of 1,200 euros.

ASAP Rocky’s revenue streams

ASAP Rocky makes most of its money selling albums, singles and concerts. Especially with the shows and also related merchandise sales, ASAP Rocky continues to increase his fortune. In connection with its lawsuit in Sweden, TMZ estimated that Rocky earns almost 90,000 euros with each of his concerts. In addition, there is the income that he generates with his AWGE label.

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