ASAP Rocky, Fight, SXSW: Rapper and Crew Brawl With Crowd at Vice Party
- Posted on Mar 18th 2012 6:45AM by Joshua Ostroff
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The last of perhaps one too many A$AP Rocky gigs, including three on the fest's final day, began with the A$AP Mob's usual antagonistic, punk rock-styled antics -- slam-dancing, stage-diving, crowd-surfing and spitting -- during a late-night concert in a downtown warehouse venue.
But all that intensity finally took a turn for the worst, as it did in 2011 when irate fans denied entry to a SXSW reunion concert by Toronto hard rock duo DFA1979 broke out into a riot.
Rocky had about a dozen A$AP Mob members onstage, all looking understandably exhausted and messed up following days of multiple performances and onstage Courvoisier quaffing and spliff smoking. There had also been a small scuffle earlier in the show. But after one of the crew had his do-rag apparently swiped by stage-diver, the concert was stopped while the Mob demanded its return. Someone in the crowd then threw a can of beer, hitting one of the guys onstage.
Despite angry yelling from both sides, Rocky valiantly tried to defuse the situation and seemed on the verge of pulling it off -- until someone threw another beer can at the rapper. At this point, Rocky warned against throwing anything onstage other than water or there would be consequences. When that was followed by more stuff being thrown, Rocky and his crew leapt into the crowd, fists flying.
Most of the audience scrambled to get out of the way, but several men mixed it up with the rappers as a full-blown brawl ensued for several minutes. At least one audience person had a gash one his head from the fight. Eventually, security managed to clear the room and the police arrived to shut the party down.
A$AP Rocky, who had been earning raves all week (and all year) for his group's exciting and rowdy performances, recently told Spinner he hoped to avoid a "rock star thug image." But after this artist-audience throwdown at SXSW, that might become a bit more difficult.
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March 18 2012 at 5:52 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThe comment by theguitarkid sounds similar to people who say "pull yourself up by your bootstraps and stop complaining. If Bill Cosby, Michael Jackson and Oprah Winfrey can do it so can you." Do you have any idea how simplistic you are making institutionalized racism sound? How can you say "people like you are the reason racism still exists today?" I have a hard time believing you are anything other than a privileged white male. You sound like a "plant".
March 18 2012 at 5:48 PM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down Replyraceism an bill cosby .whoopie go hand in hand they are the bigest raceist hipocrites in the public eye . i know longer have any respect for the likes of either one of them. an i am white . when bill refused to speack at cincinnati i turned against him. an michael was a freak doper .yet the family don't want to except it
March 18 2012 at 6:04 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIts just Rock and Roll folks, and if you throw a can of beer at me on stage I'm gonna put you in a triangle choke till you pass out. Then drink your beer..Rock on A$AP,,, every things purple anyway right????
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