ASAP Rocky is revisiting one of the most discussed and controversial stories he’s ever told, now admitting he wishes he’d never mentioned it at all.
In a recent interview with Akademiks, the Harlem rapper reflected on the viral moment when he vividly recounted a jail fight from his teenage years.
“That shit be blowing mine. I wish I never said that shit,” Rocky said, before noting that the moment was “dumb funny” and calling attention to Ferg’s stunned reaction when he first heard it. “It must have been [his first time hearing the story]. That n***a was like ‘Nah.’ I said ‘Pause.’ That was the wildest shit I ever said. Can’t take that back […] That’s ‘pause,’ that’s crazy.”
The story Rocky now wishes he never told goes back to when he was just 16 years old and briefly locked up at Rikers Island. In a past interview, the rapper described getting into a physical fight with another inmate inside a bathroom.
“I had to fight the n***a in the bathroom, no homo, we slippin’ on semen,” Rocky said at the time — a quote that immediately took on a life of its own online.
While plenty of fans initially laughed at the raw honesty of the moment, years later, Rocky admits it’s a comment he can’t seem to outrun and one he deeply regrets sharing.
Rocky’s sit-down with Akademiks touched on everything from his career and personal evolution to old controversies, but the return of the “slipping on semen” story once again highlighted how a single offhand remark can stick with an artist indefinitely.
“I can’t take that back,” he said — a reminder that once a story is out there, it can live forever.
