The bulk of A$AP Rocky’s lyrics consist of references to “Pussy Money Weed (PMW),” but he’s not your average rapper. The Harlemite has a taste for high fashion, which is both compelling and deterring. Reactions were relatively negative to his recent 106 & Park appearance. He wore an “oversized shirt” viewers assumed was a dress.

Rocky sat down with Sway of MTV RapFix to discuss the overwhelming backlash that came with wearing the “oversized shirt.”

“When I see dudes wearing high-end designers that they wasn’t wearing a year ago and rips in their jeans and gold teeth and these nappy braids and stuff, I just look at it like we’re doing something right,” he said. “I really like the fact that the urban community is accepting high-end fashion.”

“I was just on ’106 & Park’ the other day with an oversized shirt on and everybody talkin’ about ‘I wore a dress’,” he said. “That’s foul and mine was long-sleeve.”

“If fashion is your life and that’s what you like and that’s what you’re about, express yourself, wear what you want and nothing matters, nobody else opinions matter,” he stated. “Be the person that starts the trend.

“You’re gonna have times where people, they gonna try to joke on you, they’re gonna try to play you and all that, that just comes with life,” he continued. “You gotta keep it striving’ and always know that if they’re talkin’ you doin’ somethin’ right.”

He also discussed connecting with Rihanna, Skrillex and Florence Welch, the stereotypes in Hip-Hop culture and his influence on Harlem.