So today he’s happy just to be doing nothing. This spring, Rocky will hit the road with Rihanna, who chose him to open 33 dates on her North American arena tour. Its release had been delayed repeatedly throughout 2012, in part because Rocky’s a tinkerer and because the label didn’t hear a single: The first attempt, “Goldie,” fizzled, but the second, “Fuckin’ Problems” - a rowdy paean to nonstop boning - went platinum. In January, Rocky’s debut album, $AP, came out at Number One. The way Rocky sees it, he’s earned some downtime. This afternoon he meant to go see his maybe-kinda girlfriend, the Victoria’s Secret model Chanel Iman, walk the Jason Wu show, “but I was tired.” This morning, Rocky arrived on the redeye from Los Angeles, where he was busy recording tracks for his next album, and went to his mother’s condo in New Jersey - the closest thing he has to a permanent East Coast home.
Rocky’s voice is a stoned croak and he moves unhurriedly - “I’m on a three-blunts-a-day habit,” he confirms. Rocky’s in tight jeans and designer hiking boots, and his hair is twisted into what he calls “O-Dog from Menace II Society braids.” He’s orbited by Bari, two bodyguards, a publicist and his co-manager, a burly guy named Geno, who’s carrying Rocky’s parka.
A saleswoman named Brenda has been filling a dressing room with Rocky’s picks. He models the jacket for his pal and crewmate A$AP Bari, who’s hovering nearby. “I might not be able to buy clothes for three days!”
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“I gotta stock up,” the Harlem-born rapper, 24, says, flashing a grin that’s full of gold. Fashion Week has started, and Rocky - hip-hop’s reigning dandy of the moment - is engaged in his own version of disaster prep, buying outfits to wear to the runway shows. A$AP Rocky is on the third floor of Barneys, on Madison Avenue, thumbing a black-leather Saint Laurent biker jacket. On the second Friday in February, a blizzard is bearing down on New York, whipping the city into high alert: Reports predict several feet of snow, offices are closing early and armadas of salt-sprayers are revving up.
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