{"id":69711,"date":"2025-04-16T13:19:51","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T17:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=69711"},"modified":"2025-04-30T13:20:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T17:20:56","slug":"rapper-aap-rocky-candidly-shared-how-becoming-a-father-has-altered-his-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/rapper-aap-rocky-candidly-shared-how-becoming-a-father-has-altered-his-life\/69711\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapper A$AP Rocky candidly shared how becoming a father has altered his life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A$AP Rocky recently opened up about how fatherhood has transformed him, especially in an interview with <em>Vogue<\/em> uploaded on April 15. The rapper, who shares two children\u2014RZA and Riot\u2014with his partner, Fenty Beauty founder Rihanna, reflected on how becoming a dad has influenced his life, including his fashion and lifestyle choices.<\/p>\n<p>During the interview, A$AP reminisced about the memorable 2023 British <em>Vogue<\/em> cover that featured him, Rihanna, and their older son, RZA. He shared that fatherhood has given him what he calls his \u201cdad swag bag,\u201d adding, \u201cI\u2019m really on that. That\u2019s what I do. I\u2019m on that dad swag. I love it.\u201d The rapper confessed that becoming a father has helped him step up in life, both in terms of his priorities and his actions. He mentioned that it has even influenced his decisions to skip going out to clubs or leave events early, doing \u201cold people s*** just for the sake of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fatherhood, he said, has also made him embrace the role of \u201cthe tired dad,\u201d joking that he acts like his back hurts even when it doesn\u2019t. \u201cI\u2019m like, \u2018Oh, my back hurt, let me sit down.\u2019 Dad swag on full,\u201d he quipped, adding, \u201cThey can\u2019t f*** with me, man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on the cover shoot itself, A$AP expressed how special it was to have RZA involved. He noted that it was RZA\u2019s first photo shoot with them, and he could tell that his son was \u201cdelighted and thrilled\u201d to be part of the experience. The cover, which quickly went viral online, received a lot of praise from fans who celebrated the family\u2019s candid, heartwarming moments.<\/p>\n<p>Fatherhood, as A$AP Rocky revealed, has brought a new sense of purpose and joy to his life, and he\u2019s fully embraced his \u201cdad swag\u201d with pride.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A$AP Rocky recently opened up about how fatherhood has transformed him, especially in an interview with Vogue uploaded on April\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":69712,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[3168],"class_list":["post-69711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-news","tag-aap-rocky"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69711\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}