A$AP Rocky
The Questlove Show
iHeartPodcasts
4.6 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 21 January 2026
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
In a word, this episode is significant—and you'll hear why. A$AP Rocky joins Questlove for a wide-ranging conversation about his upbringing and his ongoing effort to protect moments of normalcy amid fame and fortune. He breaks down the creative vision behind DON’T BE DUMB, including the autobiographical personas he developed with filmmaker Tim Burton. Rocky also reflects on the influence of classic Hip-Hop, why film serves as his vision board, and how Mos Def officially certified the name Lord Pretty Flacko Jodye 2. Toast along, as Rocky and Ahmir connect over life, music, and the art of staying true.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.6 | The Questlove show is a production of IHeart Radio. |
| 0:17.5 | Actually, I did have, like, you know, the typical multi- hyphenate achievement scroll for you but we were |
| 0:25.2 | kind of mid small talk conversation go ahead finish what you were saying and then i will introduce |
| 0:29.9 | as if you need introduction but go ahead well first off it's an honor to be here good sir mr love |
| 0:35.3 | you know mr rock how are you oh Oh man, never better, man. |
| 0:40.1 | Like I was saying, I'm going to let you do your ill-ass introduction, but we were just talking about |
| 0:45.2 | trying to keep the chi, the energy, the feng shui in one room. So I was just, you know, explaining |
| 0:50.9 | you how I can't even sleep without a nightlight and all the doors |
| 0:54.9 | closed. |
| 0:56.2 | Where does that come from? |
| 0:57.8 | From a fortune cookie, it said, the ones you love, even the ones that's not here with |
| 1:04.4 | you are always looking over you. |
| 1:06.6 | Oh, I believe it. |
| 1:07.9 | I'm like, even when I'm in the bathroom, like... |
| 1:10.6 | Oh, dude, I'm... Okay, so I had a medium situation, like... I was gifted a medium for my 50th birthday. Uh-huh. And a shout-out to Laura Lynn Jackson. Which is like a type of, like, psychic ability. Well, yeah. I mean, initially I thought it was something closer to like what will be |
| 1:27.6 | goldberg was on and ghosts but um yeah larlind jackson is i knew nothing of that world and she |
| 1:35.3 | has like the most popular Netflix show whatever and i was gifted her for my birthday and the stuff |
| 1:40.6 | she was communicating to me as far as the ancestors that are walking with us right now. |
| 1:46.4 | Yes, they're amongst us. |
| 1:47.8 | That's exactly why that center scene is so epic. |
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