Released on 31 st October 2011, it embraced post-geographical internet culture, pulling different sounds and styles to create a new innovative one Southern rap subgenres, entwined with a grittiness that harkened back to Rocky’s Harlem heroes, including his namesake Rakim. $AP, the debut mixtape from then unknown 23-year-old Harlem rapper A$AP Rocky, was the product of a mini musical revolution.
