A$AP Rocky says he hopes to lift “open-minded youngsters” together with his girlfriend, Rihanna.
“I hope to lift open-minded youngsters. Not individuals who discriminate,” the rapper, 33, mentioned in an interview with Dazed revealed Monday. “And I’m not making an attempt to explain a saint, however realistically, I simply need a cool youngster with cool mother and father.”
He elaborated, “Issues like variety and flexibility are vital, they usually’ll be embedded within the family.”
Rocky and Rihanna welcomed their first youngster, a child boy, on Might 13. The hip-hop star and the Fenty Magnificence mogul, who started courting in 2020, introduced in January that they have been beginning a household collectively.
Although Rocky sings an inclusive tune at this time, that hasn’t at all times been the case. He admitted to being “homophobic” previously throughout a 2011 interview with Pitchfork.
“I was homophobic, however that’s f—ked up. I needed to look within the mirror and say, ‘All of the designers I’m carrying are homosexual.’ I hear tales about all these business motherf—kers who’re homosexual, and I don’t know if it’s true or not, however that s—t don’t matter,” he mentioned, explaining how he confronted his bigoted emotions in regards to the queer group. “It’s so immature.”
Speaking with the New York Daily News two years later, Rocky doubled down on his change of coronary heart and blasted fellow rappers for repeatedly utilizing homosexual slurs and homophobic language of their music.
“As an example, one huge subject in hip-hop is the homosexual factor,” he mentioned. “It’s 2013, and it’s a disgrace that, to today, that subject nonetheless will get folks all excited. It’s loopy. And it makes me upset that this subject even issues in terms of hip-hop, as a result of it makes it look like everyone in hip-hop is small-minded or silly — and that’s not the case.”
Added Rocky, “We’ve received folks like Jay Z. We’ve received folks like Kanye [West]. We’ve received folks like me. We’re all prime examples of people that don’t assume like that.”
For her half, Rihanna shortly established herself as a LGTQIA+ ally upon her 2005 music debut.
The Grammy winner continues to advocate for the group at this time. She notably teamed up with GLAAD final 12 months to launch the first-ever Pleasure assortment for her Savage X Fenty lingerie line. Proceeds benefited GLAAD’s work to speed up queer acceptance within the media.
