As Elle ’s latest cover star, A$AP Rocky told venerable hip-hop journalist Clover Hope about the reality of some perceived sore spots in his life. The thesis? He’s doing just fine, all things considered.

On the everlasting battle between Kendrick Lamar and Drake in which he threw and caught a few lyrical punches in (he slighted Drake on Future and Metro Boomin’s 2024 single “Show of Hands” after Drake had seemingly dissed him and his partner Rihanna in a series of songs like 2023’s “ Fear of Heights ”), Rocky said he found himself entertained, but not committed. “It was healthy for hip-hop,” he said. “The battle was between Kendrick and Drake, not Drake and everybody else who might have said something at that time, and that’s mainly why I fell back. I just hate the way i

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