Tyler, The Creator Is the Kind of Friend ASAP Rocky Needs

A$AP Rocky averted jail time after being acquitted in his gun assault case on Tuesday (Feb. 18), and one one that was undoubtedly hoping the Harlem, N.Y. rapper would come out unscathed is Tyler, The Creator.

Tyler realized the decision whereas on stage throughout a Los Angeles cease on his Chromakopia World Tour and relayed the message to followers within the crowd.

“I nearly handed out,” Tyler instructed concertgoers. “They learn the decision; my brother Rocky is just not in cages. That is a testomony to look at who y’all preserve round you. ’Trigger ni**as be jealous, bum-a*s, loser-a*s, b***h-a*s ni**as that need to tear you down. I am so grateful for my muthaf**kin brothers. I finished had the identical buddies for nearly muthaf**kin 20 years. I like y’all ni**as a lot.”

“I do know I say it in 80 songs,” he added. “However once I inform ni**as do not name me brother, do not name me twin, do not name me king. I am not buddies with these ni**as as a result of they bizarre and so they wanna see you down. So shout out to my muthaf**kin brothers that is right here. I like y’all to demise. Shout out Rocky. I like you, ni**a. My ni**a free. Yessir.”

Regardless of not getting alongside at first because of static among the many A$AP Mob and Odd Future crews, Tyler and Rocky have fashioned an enduring bond over time that has typically performed out on social media in hilarious movies that includes the 2 rappers. The 2 have collabed on a number of songs, together with “See You Once more” and “Potato Salad.” There have been even talks of a joint challenge referred to as WANG$AP that by no means materialized.

In 2019, when Rocky was arrested for battery in Sweden, Tyler additionally stood in solidarity with Rocky, vowing to by no means carry out within the nation once more because of Rocky’s therapy.

“No extra sweden for me, ever,” Tyler tweeted.

When Rocky was freed and returned to the States, his first stay efficiency on U.S. soil was with Tyler.

Whereas some individuals have questioned if Rocky and Tyler are nonetheless thick as thieves lately, A$AP Rocky labored with Tyler on Rocky’s upcoming album Do not Be Dumb, his first solo LP since 2017’s Testing. The previous Odd Future frontman nonetheless looks as if the particular person Rocky can name on if he will get misplaced.