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A$AP Rocky Says His Dad Died on Christmas the Same Day His First Album Hit Number One, and He Was on His Bathroom Floor in Paris Crying When Rihanna Walked In

Updated 2 weeks ago, August 7, 2026

“My first album went number one. My dad died on Christmas. I was on my bathroom floor in Paris crying,” A$AP Rocky said. “I don’t even know how Rihanna got the key to my room. She walked right in. ‘Yo, you good’?”

“She really is a strong black woman and she held me down even when I was at my lowest,” A$AP Rocky said of Rihanna. “The truth of the matter is when my dad died, she was there for me. When I got locked up in Sweden, she was there for me. When the rally happened, she was there for me.”

A$AP Rocky and Rihanna seated front row at the AWGE Paris Fashion Week show — A$AP Rocky and Rihanna sit front row together at the AWGE show during Paris Fashion Week Men’s SS25 at Hôtel de Maisons on June 21, 2024. Photo by Swan Gallet / WWD via Getty Images.

Then he told the story. “My first album went number one. My dad died on Christmas. I was on my bathroom floor in Paris crying. She called me for some reason to congratulate me in Paris. We both in Paris. I didn’t know she was in. She didn’t know I was in Paris.”

He’d stopped answering his phone. “I don’t even know how Rihanna got the key to my room,” he said. “She walked right in. Yo, you good?”