A$AP Rocky Says His Legal Battle Was A ‘Traumatic’ Situation

After being found not guilty of felony assault in February, A$AP Rocky has desribed his experience as “traumatic.”

In a new Variety cover story, Rocky shared that the trial brought emotions such as betrayal, which he addresses on his highly anticipated album, Don’t Be Dumb.

“I’m writing about these past four or five years that I had this over me, and it’s been kind of handicapping me,” Rocky said.

“I think I had trust issues for a while now. I can’t necessarily blame it on my last situation,” he continued. “But what I did learn is you’ve gotta accept that everybody’s not good people; you’re not gonna run into a solid person every time. Not everybody’s gonna handle situations like you.”

“Once you accept that you’re not responsible for nobody’s actions but yours … That’s where I’m at — like, yo, focus on your own actions. Because I ain’t perfect. I’m human too, and we all f**k up,” he added.

He also spoke about why he rejected a plea deal that would have given him a prison sentence of 180 days. He faced a maximum of 24 years if would have been convicted.

“You got to stop yourself from thinking like that. Because that could get the best of you, and you can manifest that energy by mistake. I tried to stay positive at all times,” Rocky explained.

Now that his legal troubles are behind him, Rocky is making major moves as a co-star along with Denzel Washington on  Spike Lee’s newest film, Highest 2 Lowest, and he’s expecting his third child with Rihanna.

“I got Cannes to go to. I got an album to make. I got fashion shows to do. I got music to make. I got videos. I got sneakers to drop. I got glasses to be the new creative director of. I got children. I got all type of sh*t,” he said. “Like, nah, why would I dwell on that dark-a** shit? I talk about it from time to time, but for the most part, I don’t really think about that shit.”