Style Wars.

A$AP Rocky recently ruffled some feathers in the fashion world when he dissed streetwear brands HBA and Been Trill in his “Multiply” video. The Cut caught up with him last night at Guggenheim International Gala to explain his beef.

This conversation about Hood by Air: Do you think they are weak? Did we misunderstand?
No, there is no misunderstanding.

Why did you say that?
Because I can. I birthed it, so I can kill it.

[Regarding] the Hood by Air line on your album, was there anything in particular that happened? That made you feel like the stuff was weak?
You know, fashion, it changes. Your perception of fashion sometimes changes; one day is red, the next day is blue. My style changes, it varies.

So you weren’t as into it anymore.
It is what it is. HBA shit is weak.

Will you work with those guys again?
I don’t know.

How about Been Trill? [On “Multiply,” Rocky also says, “I ain’t really fucking with that Been Trill.”]
That shit is wack, too.

Anything in particular?
I’m going to put it to you like this: I can say that I’ve been scrutinized for my fashion since I was about 15 years old. A lot of people got it easy. I feel like I had to go through the whole Civil Rights Movement just to be comfortable, to make other people comfortable, to be able to wear what they want to wear, and a lot of dudes are just claiming to have it without having to have that sacrifice or suffering through all that kind of shit. We’ve been through that kind of shit. That’s all I can really say about it. It is really miniscule. It’s no real beef.

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