Rapper A$AP Rocky, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, is embracing being a father of two despite the challenges of parenting in a demanding music business. The couple have sons two-year-old Rza and 12-month old Riot, and they first met over a decade ago during rehearsal for a joint performance at the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards. Rocky praised the Grammy-award winner as simply being a “great mother,” adding that being in the same industry helps them juggle both parenting and their relationship.
“[The relationship] is going great. I don’t think there’s a more perfect person because when the schedules are hectic, she’s very understanding of that. And when the schedule’s freed up, that’s when you get to spend [the] most time together.
It’s all understanding and compatibility.” The rapper rose to prominence in 2012 with his hit single “[Expletive] Problems” and landed as number eight on the Billboard Hot 100. He followed with his debut studio album “Long.
Live. A$AP” in 2013 and the next year received a Grammy nomination for best rap song. Aside from music, the rapper has since embarked on other business ventures, most recently producing an entire fashion collection titled “American Sabotage” and holding its debut at a runway fashion show in Paris earlier this year.
Meanwhile, the New York native, who was raised in Harlem, is doing everything he can to give his children a regular upbringing despite both parents being Billboard chart-toppers. Even if t.