A$AP Rocky Reveals 'Don't Be Dumb' Release Date at Debut AWGE Runway

Slated for an August 30 release, the project presumably features Pharrell Williams, Clams Casino and Tyler, the Creator.

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A$AP Rocky has finally followed up on Don’t Be Dumb‘s official release date. During the rapper’s runway debut for his AWGE line at Paris Fashion Week, he not only previewed a handful of new music lifted from the anticipated album but also confirmed its later-this-summer release date.

Don’t Be Dumb is slated to drop everywhere on August 30, marking over six years from the rapper’s last LP, Testing.  Per NFR Podcast, the docket of confirmed collaborators has also surfaced and spans a stacked lineup of heavy hitters including Tyler, the Creator, Pharrell Williams, Metro Boomin, Madlib, The Alchemist, Clams Casino, Mike Dean and Swedish House Mafia.

 

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At the end of his debut runway, for a collection entitled “American Sabotage”, Rocky paraded around the room with a Don’t Be Dumb vinyl in hand. American Sabotage newspapers – among a bevy of other graphic posters – are hung throughout the ornate venue and read “Don’t Be Dumb. You Know What to Do. Blame Rocky!”

After the show, the rapper shared the full “American Sabotage” collection online, along with Don’t Be Dumb vinyl and box sets.

Get a closer look at Rocky’s post-show victory lap in the carousel below.

 

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Don’t Be Dumb is already available to presave digitally via Rocky’s AWGE website as well.

Stay tuned to Hypebeast for more updates on the album as they transpire.

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