ASAP Rocky Interview! How Rihanna, Three Kids + Two Trials Changed His Life & Music

About this episode

ASAP Rocky discusses how his life and music have changed over the past eight years.

In an intimate, exclusive sit-down, the rapper and actor reflects on how the chaotic eight years since his previous album led to his new release, “Don’t Be Dumb.” Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

People in this episode

Guest: ASAP Rocky

Topics covered

• ASAP Rocky
• Rihanna
• music
• parenthood
• trials

Keywords

• Don’t Be Dumb
• exclusive sit-down
• new release

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Spotify, The New York Times app

Books & works: Don’t Be Dumb

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