A$AP Rocky Admits To Wishing He Was Light-Skinned When He Was Younger

Flacko Admits To Wishing He Was Light-Skinned When He Was Younger On Video Game Soundtrack

A$AP Rocky released a new song on Thursday as part of the soundtrack to the highly-anticipated video game, Cyberpunk 2077.

In the unnamed song, Rocky spoke about how he wished he was “light-skinned” when he was younger.

It’s no secret that those with fairer skin have been subjected to better treatment and deemed more beautiful throughout America’s history, unfortunately.

However, A$AP was able to rid himself of those views and learned to see the beauty in himself. “When I was younger, man I wished that I was light-skinned/Now I wouldn’t trade the world for my skin,” Rocky said. “I surpassed what you could do inside your lifespan/So just give me a little credit like a White man.”

 

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A$AP has had quite a bit of learning to do throughout his career when speaking on race and black people. In 2013, he stated dark-skinned women shouldn’t wear red lipstick.

Back in 2015, he was criticized for his comments about the Black Lives Matter protests in Ferguson. “So every time something happens because I’m Black I gotta stand up? Who the f*** am I, Al Sharpton now? I’m A$AP Rocky.”

He went on to clear up those comments earlier this year during an interview with Kerwin Frost. “What I will say though is in those old interviews I used to say I think it’s inappropriate for me to rap about things I didn’t help with,” he said.