A$AP Rocky & Binx Walton Cover i-D Magazine’s Dual Girls + Boys Edition

Rapper A$AP Rocky Covers i-D Magazine Pre-Fall 2014 photographed by Daniel Jackson

Rapper A$AP Rocky covers the BOYS issue of i-D Magazine ‘s dual Girls + Boys edition. If you’re wondering who covers the GIRLS issue of the mag, it’s rising model Binx Walton .

The issues serve as the magazine’s Pre-Fall 2014 joint men’s and women’s issue, where they both were photographed by Daniel Jackson and styled by Alastair McKimm .

Model Binx Walton Covers i-D Magazine Pre-Fall 2014 photographed by Daniel Jackson

Inside his issue, A$AP Rocky talks about his dark music, wanting the best for kids in the world, supporting women, being a hippy at heart and more. Take a look at a few excerpts from the interview below:

On his music’s darkness:

“My music, like my passion for fashion, is really dark at times. I’m capable of making a happy song here and there, not quite Pharrell’s Happy, but I prefer dark fashion and dark music. I was born in the dark, I create in the dark, I work in the dark, I make love in the dark. It means life.”

On wanting kids to be creative:

“I live in my own society. I just try to be careful that I don’t break laws that man created. But I abide by my own laws, fuck it. I want kids to lose themselves and forget about society’s rules and shit. Growing up, my biggest idols were drug dealers, rappers, and basketball players. I want kids to be more creative so this world can be better.”

On feminism:

“We need more Madonnas and Rihannas, girls who dominate more than men.”

A$AP Rocky for i-D Magazine Pre-Fall 2014 photographed by Daniel Jackson

On never starting a fashion line:

“I wouldn’t design, I would collab. I’m not a fashion designer. I have too much respect for it. Imagine if Rick Owens or Alexander Wang said, ‘I’m gonna be the next rapper.’ Fucking up the game and shit.”

On his favorite film as a kid (1995’s Kids ):

“It reminded me of growing up in Harlem, going downtown to chill with that mixed crowd. It was just one melting pot of people chillin’. I miss those days. We’re too old to just be chillin’ in the street drinking 40 ounces and shit, watching friends skateboard and crashing parties.”

On his end game:

“I look forward to a stadium full of people high off of energy, whatever their preference of drug is, and my music. A stadium full of people just losing themselves to the moment. When I get that, that’s when I’ll be satisfied.”

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