A$AP Rocky is getting ready to appear on the silver screen again — this time as the star of a Spike Lee joint.
Lee sat down with Deadlinefor an interview published on Monday (December 9). In it, he talked about his upcoming film Highest 2 Lowest, a “reinterpretation” of Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 High and Low.
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The film will feature Denzel Washington in his fifth pairing with the director. It will also star Ice Spice.
But Rocky, Lee told the interviewer, has the “main role” in the film.
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The film will be distributed via a partnership between A24 and Apple Original Films. The former company will put the movie in theaters before its appearance on Apple TV+.
During a lecture this past October, Lee said that the movie will be released in “summertime” of 2025.
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In addition to being a movie star (and, of course, a musician), Rocky is also a fashion icon, and to prove it he was recently honored with the prestigious Cultural Innovator Award at the 2024 Fashion Awards.
According to the official description, “The Cultural Innovator Award celebrates a leading innovator and image-maker in the entertainment industry, who over the course of the year, has created viral fashion moments which have had a profound impact on the fashion industry and wider culture.”
During the ceremony in the UK on December 2, the Harlem rapper donned a Bottega Veneta navy suit as he accepted the award, while a beaming Rihanna proudly filmed from the audience.
“I’ma come clean, this is surreal right now. This is crazy!” Rocky said on stage. “It’s about fuckin’ time, you know what I’m saying? But honestly though, I’m very honored. Being a cultural innovator, it means so much to me. Especially being a rapper, having endeavors in the fashion industry, and I think that the lines are definitely merged now.”
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He concluded: “To all the young designers who was nominated today who may or may not have won tonight, I just hope that this is a ticket of encouragement to show you that you can do this shit too.”
On the music side of things, A$AP Rocky’s newest album Don’t Be Dumb was supposed to arrive in August, but after being pushed back to an unspecified fall date, it appears to now have an even longer delay.
