Why Trump’s fight to free A$AP Rocky should unite America

By Isabella Redjai

Published July 22, 2019 4:35pm ET

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Why Trump’s fight to free A$AP Rocky should unite America — This Feb. 9, 2019 photo shows A$AP Rocky at Pre-Grammy Gala And Salute To Industry Icons in Beverly Hills, Calif. The American rapper, whose name is Rakim Mayers, was ordered held by a Swedish court Friday, July 5, for two weeks in pre-trial detention while police investigate a fight on Sunday in central Stockholm. | (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

“So a few drug addicts are not my fans, we don’t know these guys and we didn’t want trouble, they followed us for 4 blocks, and they were slapping girls butts who passed, give me a break …”

This was the caption posted to Instagram a few weeks ago by rapper A$AP Rocky, after he tried to calm down an inflammatory situation, but eventually wound up in a street fight with several suspicious men while in Sweden.

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