Kanye West and Kim Kardashian Lobbied Trump in Effort to Free A$AP Rocky

Editorial illustration inspired by Evan Minsker’s Pitchfork article: ’Kanye West and Kim Kardashian Lobbied Trump in Effort to Free A$AP Rocky’. He states, “Kim Kardashian West has confirmed that she and Kanye West lobbied President Donald Trump in an effort to free A$AP Rocky, who is being held in Sweden for two weeks after being arrested in Stockholm and charged with assault on suspicion of assaulting a man.”

On July 20, Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven spoke with Trump on the phone, stating that A$AP Rocky will not receive special treatment, according to a report by The New York Times. 

As of 26 July, A$AP Rocky has been charged with assault causing actual bodily harm in Stockholm. He will remain in custody until a trial takes place.