Key Takeaways:

• A$AP Rocky revealed on “Popcast” that his mom supported the concept of him relationship Rihanna early on.
• He mirrored on how their lives align, from shared delivery years to household roots in Barbados.
• Rocky mentioned he’s grateful the connection occurred when it did, calling Rihanna “a special woman” and crediting his mom’s instinct.

A$AP Rocky’s mother at all times knew Rihanna was the one. On Wednesday (Jan. 14) evening, in an excerpt shared from The New York Times’ “Popcast,” the Harlem rapper revealed that his mom used to encourage him up to now the Bajan celebrity — now the mother of his three children — even when he was seeing different girls.

“A woman will change your whole life, especially if it’s a companion,” Rocky mentioned in the course of the dialog. “Before I had my children, it was like being with my girl [would take] a blindfold off. As soon as you get with a girl, she’ll tell you, like, ‘That’s not your friend. That’s — that’s your friend. But that one? Nah.’”

Co-host Joe Coscarelli jokingly identified that Rocky “didn’t just get with any girl,” to which he responded, “I got with a very special woman.” The “Fashion Killa” artist went on to notice the parallels of their lives: “We were on the same page. Born the same year. My dad is from her country … When I go back, I get to see both sides of my family. It’s so many similarities, it’s just funny. We laugh about it a lot.”

Rocky continued, “She was always my boo, you know what I’m saying? Like, I always f**ked with her.” After that, the music-songline-yams-day-2026″>A$AP Mob frontman mirrored on his mom’s early encouragement up to now Rihanna. “My mother used to say s**t like, ‘I know you like this girl that you [are] with right now’ — I ain’t gon’ say no names — ‘but I want you with RiRi.’ It’s like, ‘Ma, why you keep saying that? That girl don’t even want me like that.’”

In hindsight, Rocky’s mother noticed the imaginative and prescient earlier than he did. He emphasised, “Mothers know best.” The New York mainstay added that he was grateful Rihanna got here into his life when she did as a result of “any time prior to that,” he doesn’t suppose both of them would have been prepared.

On Friday (Jan. 16), Rocky will launch his long-awaited fourth album, Don’t Be Dumb. The 15-track LP is anticipated to reach with two bonus tracks and features from Doechii, Brent Faiyaz, BossMan Dlow and frequent collaborator Tyler, The Creator, to say a number of.