A$AP Rocky has had a very busy year. In addition to two well-received turns as an actor in the Spike Lee joint Highest 2 Lowest and Mary Bronstein’s psychological drama If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, he’s also been prepping his fourth studio album, Don’t Be Dumb and just dropped a new collab with Puma.
But of all the projects he’s worked on this year, none are more significant than his newborn daughter with longtime partner Rihanna. In an interview with Complex about his big year and the Puma collection, Rocky, 37, admitted that he’s done “a whole lot” in 2025, but one thing is by far his favorite creation. “My daughter. That’s my favorite thing I created this year. Shout out to Rocki Irish, man,” he said about the daughter they welcomed on Sept. 13.
The child, his third with the singer, joins the pair’s three-year-old son RZA and two-year-old baby boy Riot Rose. Before Rocki was born, the rapper was very candid about what the couple hoped for when it came to baby No. 3. “I hope it’s a girl. I really do,” Rocky told Elle in an interview published just before Rihanna announced the news. “We’re praying for a girl… I feel like it’s going to be a girl,” he added at the time. “This pregnancy is so different from the other two. You can tell from the experience. I hope it’s a baby girl, man. I need that.”
In a cover story chat with Billboard in August, Rocky boasted that Don’t Be Dumb — which has not yet received an official release date after being pushed from Aug. 30 — is the best LP of his career. It is slated to feature a wide range of collabs with friends and fellow hip-hop icons including Tyler, The Creator and producers including Pharrell Williams, Mike Dean, Hitkidd, Madlib and Metro Boomin.
