A$AP Rocky's Very First Album Was Almost A 'Mortal Kombat' Soundtrack

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon just shared their online exclusive with New York’s A$AP

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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon just shared their online exclusive with New York’s A$AP Rocky. In this segment we learn the Harlem native had the hard choice between Rakim’s The 18th Letter and the soundtrack to the Mortal Combat movie. Naturally, a pre-teen in late ’90s Rocky had his heart set on the soundtrack. Thankfully his brother highly recommended going against his own wishes and copping the Rakim album. Listen to what he has to say on his decision above and see what Flacko had to say about A.L.L.A, where he is today and his Instagram last time we sat down with him for HYPETRAK TV.

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