Overview
- Rocky said Wednesday in a Jason Lee interview that Kanye West “deaded” Virgil Abloh’s relationship with A$AP Mob after West saw Abloh doing Rocky’s album cover and tour creative work for free.
- Rocky specified that Abloh provided an album cover and handled tour creative without pay, and that those unpaid collaborations were the moment he was told the relationship cooled.
- When pressed on whether he meant West was jealous, Rocky declined to use that word and twice called West “my man,” signaling the account is anecdotal and meant as recollection rather than an accusation.
- As of the published reports, Kanye West had not publicly responded to Rocky’s claim and outlets reporting the interview say the anecdote supplements, rather than overturns, the well‑documented Ye–Abloh partnership.
- The story rounds out a known history: Abloh rose from a shared Harlem scene with Rocky and others to work closely with West on fashion and album projects, later helming Louis Vuitton menswear and dying in 2021, and this new detail adds personal texture to his legacy.