Last Updated on April 21, 2022

ASAP Rocky is an American rapper and member of the hip-hop collective A$AP Mob, who has a net worth of $10 million(1).

How much money does ASAP Rocky have?

The rapper ASAP Rocky is actually called Rakim Mayers and was born on October 3, 1988 in the New York district of Harlem. With his first two albums he landed at the top of the US-American charts, and he also achieved considerable success with some singles. Besides music, he is also active as a fashion designer and actor. The estimated assets of ASAP Rocky are 10 million $.

The beginning of the rapper career

Mayers’ mother was a big fan of the rapper MC Rakim from the 80s hip-hop duo Eric B. & Rakim, which is why she named her son after him. Little Rakim started rapping at the age of eight, with his older brother Ricky serving as a role model. Ricky was shot dead when Mayers was 13 years old. Rakim Mayers took this as an opportunity to seriously approach rapping. In order to support his family financially, however, he became active as a drug dealer. In 2004, he spent two weeks on the prison island of Rikers Island.

In 2007, Mayers joined the rap crew ASAP Mob and gave himself his stage name ASAP Rocky. In 2011 he stopped drug dealing in favor of his music career. In July 2011 his debut single Peso was released, shortly followed by Purple Swag. In October of the same year Rocky released his mixtape LIVE.LOVE.A$AP, which earned him a record deal with Sony. This ran over two years and was endowed with almost 2.7 million $.

First successes of ASAP Rocky

In February 2012 ASAP Rocky formed the opening act together with Kendrick Lamar on a club tour of Drake. With both rappers as well as 2 Chainz, Rocky released the single Fuckin’ Problems in October 2012, which recorded more than five million digital sales and climbed to eighth place in the US charts. The song was also nominated for a Grammy. It was also included on Rocky’s first studio album LONG.LIVE.A$AP, which was released in January 2013. With it the musician even reached the top of the US charts. The album sold more than two million copies. To present the album, Rocky went on a US tour with 40 dates from September to November 2013.

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In 2014 ASAP Rocky founded the creative agency AWGE, with which he has been designing clothes and accessories ever since. Among others, AWGE collaborated with Under Armour, Selfridges and Marine Serre, and the label designed tour merchandise for Kanye West and The Weeknd. Since 2015 Rocky also plays in movies. He has appeared in films such as Dope (2015), Zoolander 2 (2016) and Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016).

AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP, ASAP Rocky’s second album released in 2015, climbed to #1 in the US charts, just like its predecessor. It went over a million times over the counter. For the music video for the single LSD, Rocky was nominated for a Grammy for the second time(2). The rapper’s third album, Testing, was released in 2018 and reached fourth place in the US sales list. More than 500,000 copies were sold.

In late June 2019, ASAP Rocky was involved in a brawl in Stockholm. The Swedish prosecutor’s office accused him and his entourage of beating, kicking and injuring a man with a broken bottle while 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 advocated for ASAP Rocky. After more than a month behind bars, Rocky was found guilty in mid-August 2019, but was released after paying the victim a relatively small compensation of 1,200 $.

The sources of income of ASAP Rocky

ASAP Rocky earns most of its money with the sales of albums and singles as well as concerts. Especially with the shows and the related merchandise-sales ASAP Rocky increases his fortune further. In connection with his court case in Sweden, TMZ estimated that Rocky earns almost 90.000 $ with each of his concerts. On top of that comes the revenue he generates with his label AWGE.

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1. ASAP Rocky Net Worth(https://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-celebrities/richest-rappers/asap-rocky-net-worth/)

2. ASAP Rocky(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASAP_Rocky)