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    Why Trump Cares About A$AP Rocky’s Sweden Arrest

    The rapper’s supporters see a story of racism. The president sees a story about immigration.
    by Spencer Kornhaber Jul 27, 2019 4 minutes
    Source: Andrew Burton / Reuters

    “We don’t want to fight y’all. We’re not trying to go to jail.”

    That’s what A$AP Rocky, the 30-year-old New York City rapper, can be heard saying in a video of an encounter with strangers in Sweden that has ballooned into an international crisis. Despite Rocky’s protestation, a fight did happen. The rapper is now in jail. His saga has inflamed American pop culture and politics—and somehow brought left-leaning figures and Donald Trump–supporting nationalists to advocate for the same goal: Rocky’s release.

    In that Rocky posted on Instagram, two unidentified young men follow and annoy Rocky and his team . At one point, one of the guys appears to throw headphones at Rocky’s bodyguard. Rocky

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