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A$AP Rocky Agrees W/ Funk Flex About Rappers Jacking His Style: “I Know Who Flex Was Directly Talking To”

Written By Cyrus Langhorne

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New York rapper A$AP Rocky knows he’s now the young O.G. in the rap game. The hip-hop star has dished on having his style and signature flow borrowed by other musicians.

In a new “Desus & Mero” interview, Rocky talked about low-key influencing his peers.

“Yeah, I do,” Rocky said when asked if he agreed with Funk Flex suggesting other artists have copied his style. “It is. Yeah, I feel like, to get in the game you gotta have like braids or dreadlocks, gold teeth, charisma. You gotta have a fashion sense. Everybody try to at least have one. I feel like before us, there were people with fashion like Kanye or Pharrell or something like that or Puff before them. Now that’s standard. You gotta have some type of freshness. We brought that back into hip-hop. But aside from fashion goes, just the way the monotone, the way I would pitch my voices or just the nuances or my beat selections or the way I produce songs, I feel like a lot of kids now inherited that. But with that being said, that’s what I do it for. I’m not trying to point down on anybody or whatever. I know who Flex was directly talking to, it was probably established artists who have no right or business doing that type of stuff from contemporary artists but it is what it is. We’re living in a day and time where none of this sh*t matters anyway. So it’s all smiles.” (“Desus & Mero”)

A few weeks ago, Hot 97 radio veteran Funk Flex called out rap star Travis Scott for jacking Rocky’s style.

Flex’s hefty claims even sparked some Twitter support from other hip-hop fans.

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Written by Cyrus Langhorne

SOHH.com Writer. When I'm not covering hip-hop news and announcements, I'm deep into an Audible book and eating veggies.

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  1. Asap is falling off and coming up with excuses…Travis makes way better music..Flex always starting shit..

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