A$AP Rocky appears in Rihanna's Instagram video/Photo credit: Rihanna's Instagram account
Famous rapper A$AP Rocky and popular singer Rihanna have been going steady for the past couple of years. Both have been seen in public numerous times and have numerous children.
The couple has garnered a lot of attention, spanning from Rihanna’s 2023 Super Bowl halftime show to A$AP Rocky’s 2025 trial. Things seemed to go well for the couple up until a couple of days ago. Recently, at a concert, rapper A$AP Rocky was caught in controversy after making a questionable comment about certain female concertgoers, prompting some critics to say he disrespected his partner.
This took place at his most recent concert, on his Don’t Be Dumb Tour, when the controversial comment was made. The rapper soon addressed the backlash from critics.
“Ladies, I’ve got bras and thongs on sale tomorrow, so make sure you get those. F**k the Internet. First, they were saying the n***a was wearing thongs. Then they were saying n***as shows weren’t selling out, nobody was coming. Then n***as are saying, I’m disrespectful to my wife. Suck my d**k, n***a,” he expressed.
The thong claims stemmed from people assuming that A$AP Rocky was wearing a thong at a previous concert, where it appeared he had on the undergarment after his shirt rose and pants drooped down while he jumped around. However, it turned out to be just a wireless mic pack transmitter belt.
The main source of the backlash he caught for “disrespecting” Rihanna stemmed from A$AP Rocky making comments towards a female concertgoers, saying things like, “Thank God y’all didn’t know me when I was single, I would’ve f****ed the s**t out of you if you were pretty.”
This isn’t the first time that both A$AP Rocky and Rihanna’s relationship has been under the social media lens. Most of the scrutiny comes from Drake fans, since years ago, Drake and Rihanna used to date. Scrutiny started to ignite after Drake allegedly directed this at the couple and his new album, ICEMAN.
In the song, Burning Bridges, Drake allegedly threw shots at the couple, saying that Rihanna doesn’t support him.
“Your baby mama ain’t even poster single, d**n/ where is she at? Yeah, where is she at?” He rapped.
Fans also pointed out that his songs are mainly about women and his player persona. Other critics say that he should refrain from making songs about his player persona and women due to his relationship, while others say that critics are reading too deeply into it.
“He really bagged Rihanna stayed impregnating her and now talking about how many h**s he would f**k if he was still single, men are sick creatures,” said one X user.
“ Y’all need to grow tf up, can’t be crying about every little thing,” said another X user.
However, despite popular belief, Rihanna has been spotted at some of his shows, leading fans to believe that maybe it’s not a big deal.
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