A$AP Rocky won’t end 2025 without paying it forward.
To celebrate the release of his long-awaited fourth studio album Don’t Be Dumb, arriving Friday, January 16, the rapper, 37, teamed up with Bilt for a special collaboration.
Us Weekly can confirm Bilt is making a donation to a Harlem building where Rocky spent his teen years living. The donation will cover January 2026 rent for all tenants in the building in an effort to support the community that shaped the artist.
“For me, it’s always been about your community and neighborhood,” Rocky said in a statement. “Harlem made me who I am, from uptown to downtown, and that connection to place is everything. When Bilt said they wanted to cover rent for everyone in the same building where I grew up, that hit different. That’s not just business, that’s understanding what community really means.”
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According to Rocky, his new vinyl is “my love letter to New York, and being able to give back to the exact place that raised me while helping people across the country with their rent is the kind of partnership that actually matters.”
Don’t Be Dumb is Rocky’s first studio album in nearly eight years. (The Bilt-exclusive limited edition vinyl designed by Rocky himself can be purchased via the Bilt app and website.)
While details surrounding the project remain limited, the performer previously explained why he rarely drops new music.
“It’s about who did it the best,” he previously shared with Perfect Magazine in October. “Everything I do is based off building legacy. That’s why I’m not so eager to just drop, drop, drop. I don’t do things to just try and stay relevant, or keep my name in the conversation. I try to do natural things, creative, ambitious things that really satisfy me.”
Since the release of his last album, Testing, Rocky has been raising three children with Rihanna. The couple are parents to RZA, 3, Riot, 2, and Rocki, 3 months.
“Being a father and a partner and a loving husband in my family is what makes me really, really happy,” he shared with Perfect in a rare interview. “That’s what honestly does get me going: being able to express myself creatively, being able to be a family man and being able to be an artisan.”
Rihanna, 37, has also complimented her partner’s paternal instincts as they try to raise their children outside of the spotlight.
The “Umbrella” singer revealed to Harper’s Bazaar in February that the “greatest thing” about her partner “is seeing him be a dad.”
“I’m annoyed because my sons sometimes just live for him more than they live for me,” she joked to the publication. “And I’m like, ‘Did you know who cooked you? Do you know who pushed you out?’ And they love him, but when I see it, oh, it’s the best.”
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Family aside, both Rocky and Rihanna appear to have a busy 2026 ahead.
While Rocky is focused on releasing his new music, Rihanna is staying mum on her own studio plans. Instead, she’s trying to balance motherhood with her multiple businesses.
“Every decision I make revolves around [my kids], but everything that I do that I love robs me from them,” she explained to Harper’s Bazaar. “So I have a weird resentment with the things that I love. You almost feel like something is always suffering for you to show up somewhere. And even when you show up there, it’s not 100 percent because there’s something else on the wheel.”