A$AP Rocky adds NYC show to tour; mixtape still free

A$AP Rocky at Creators Project in October (more by Ryan Barkan)

A$AP Rocky, who says he never even heard of Aesop Rock until “people started asking him that,” is going on a tour in February and March with Drake and Kendrick Lamar. That tour doesn’t include any NYC dates but A$AP Rocky will play his own show at Irving Plaza on February 1. Tickets for that show go on sale Friday (12/30) at 10 AM.

In October, A$AP Rocky signed a $3 million record deal with Sony/RCA’s Polo Grounds Music, and as Pitchfork points out, that’s $1 million more than Drake’s deal with Young Money was. He then released his LiveLoveA$AP mixtape which you can grab for free (it was one of Heems’ favorite albums of 2011). He’s now planning a proper release of the album for early 2012. Check out an interview at HipHopDX for more info on that and lots of other stuff.

All dates and another video interview below…

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ASAP ROCKY INTERVIEW

A$AP Rocky — Tour Dates
December 29 – Miami, FL, US
January 27 – Toronto, ON @ Virgin Mobile Mod Club
February 1 – New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
February 14 – Miami, FL @ Bank United Center*
February 15 – Gainesville, FL @ Stephen C. O’Connell Center*
February 17 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena*
February 18 – Columbus, OH @ Schottenstein Center*
February 21 – Columbia, SC @ Colonial Life Arena*
February 22 – Lexington, KY @ Rupp Arena*
February 24 – Tallahassee, FL @ Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center*
February 25 – New Orleans, LA @ UNO Lakefront Arena*
February 27 – Austin, TX @ Frank Erwin Center*
February 28 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Chesapeake Energy Arena*
March 1 – Kansas City, MO @ Sprint Center*
March 2 – Arlington, TX @ College Park Center*
March 4 – Tuscon, AZ @ Tucson Arena*
March 5 – Los Angeles, CA @ Galen Center*
March 8 – Fresno, CA @ Save Mart Center*
March 10 – San Jose, CA @ Event Center*
March 11 – San Diego, CA @ Viejas Arena*
* – w/ Drake, Kendrick Lamar