A$AP Rocky by Rihanna for W Magazine

October 9

When I ask how he knew Rihanna was the right person to be the mother of his children, he doesn’t miss a beat: “I knew from when we were younger. We both did, I think. So it was only right when we got older. We just kind of reconnected.” That happened around “kind of, sort of 2019, 2020,” says Rocky. Rza arrived in 2022, then Riot in 2023. “I think Rza is going to keep to himself. He’s an introvert,” Rocky continues. “Riot’s an extrovert—he’s just like his mom. Rza is more so like his dad, like me. And he’s my twin. He got his mom’s forehead, but he got everything else from me. I love my boy’s big forehead! I loved it on his mother. Listen to ‘Jukebox Joints.’ ” (He’s referring to this lyric from the 2015 track: “Ain’t nothing better than the pretty, big forehead bitch.”) Rocky shows me a video on his phone of Rza sitting on the floor cuddling with Rihanna, the two of them surrounded by pairs of shoes. “Riot looks up to Rza,” he says. “I think Rza’s warming up to Riot.”

Interview: https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/asap-rocky-rihanna-cover-interview