Days following a road collision, Kanye West surprised A$AP Bari with a brand new Maybach Truck on July 26th.
A$AP Bari is a member of Harlem’s A$AP Mob collective and co-founder of the clothing brand VLONE. On July 26th Bari posted a video of his new whip on his Instagram story, thanking the Yeezus rapper for the generous gift.
A$AP Bari’s Reaction
“Yo, this n-gga Ye bought me a new fucking Maybach, yo!” he said. “If you know me, you know I crashed my Maybach two days ago, bro! This n-gga bought me a new Maybach truck, bruh. What the fuck is going on right now… I’m ’bout to cry, bro.”
Bari later posted photos of his old Maybach truck showing its front end mangled after the nasty accident. He also included a screenshot of recent Instagram message exchange with West.
“What’s your home address? Or where you rt now?” West asked Bari, who replied, “Thanks. What is it.” Ye wrote back, “Man I just asked [redacted] when it was coming and she said 2mrw afternoon. I don’t want to describe it. Just gonna wait till you get it.”
A$AP Bari then made another Instagram story stating, “Wtf. I’ve been feeling very down lately. Say wtf the you want about ye he’s always been there for me.”
Take a look at what A$AP Bari had to say on Instagram:
A$AP Bari & Kanye’s History
Kanye West has been a loyal friend to Bari despite the controversy surrounding him. In 2018, Bari was arrested for sexually assaulting a woman in a London hotel the previous year (Bari later pleaded guilty). Kanye still supported the disgraced designer in multiple tweets on Twitter.
“Bari challenged me when no one else did and when he got in trouble I was scared to say he was my friend just like I did with [XXXTentacion] and that was some pussy shit on my part,” he wrote. “I let the perception and the robots control me. That’s the true sunken place.”
West also posted a screenshot of himself and Bari smiling on Facetime with the caption, “there’s no way I would have the number 1 record in the world without this man here. He broke me out of my pretentious r-ch nigga shell.”
Despite his show of loyalty, Kanye’s association with A$AP Bari didn’t sit right with some of his inner circle. The Blast reported in 2019, “many of Kanye’s close friends and advisors have suggested to Ye that he distance himself, both personally and professionally, from Bari amid ongoing legal controversies.”
