A name is gradually raising high in the entertainment arena, and the world knows him by the name Asap Ferp who is originally Darold D. Brown Ferguson Jr. With a very short span in the musical platform, the rapper had risen to prominence by sheer determination and sincere effort.

He had won innumerable hearts of music lovers through his excellent album ‘Trap Lord’. The album brought more popularity than the artist himself had expected. With his growing significance in the rap scenario, he has collaborated with numerous elite performers which include G-Eazy, Elle Varner, Mali Music, Liam Bailey, Crystal Caines, Haim and many more established figures of the entertainment world.

Apart from his albums, his income is also boosted by the earnings of several concerts which regularly take up to meet the expectations of his fan base. As happen, the fans love to see their heroes in all spheres of their life Asap Ferg is also welcomed to perform on both the big and small screen as well. His performance in “The Edge of Seventeen,” “Ghostbusters” and “Atlanta” had not only enhanced his popularity because of his versatility but had also heaped up his earning with high royalty fees. Nevertheless, the rapper-actor has enough talent left to impress the boundless followers of music and movies.

He had already gathered a good amount as his estimated net worth which comes around in the range of 1 million dollars.

Early life

Asap Ferg is born as Darold D. Brown Ferguson Jr. in the Harlem, New York City, the United States of America on 20th October 1988. Not much is known about the rapper. Only that he was born to Darold Ferguson Sr and he was raised in the Hamilton Heights. Excepting this, there is no information available about the artist regarding his mother, or he grew up with other siblings or not. The rapper had never shared his educational life with the world, but it is heard that he went to some art school. Previously at the beginning of his career, Asap was serious with his projects in fashion instead of his deep interest in music. When he was studying in the art school, he opened up a business in clothing and jewelry. In the meantime because of the kidney failure his father passed away.

In 2005 Asap officially opened his company under the name “Devoni Clothing.” Many prominent figures of the entertainment world had worn his clothing, which includes Swiss Beatz, Diggy Simmons, Chris Brown and many more. He was doing quite well in this line, but after crossing his teenage period gradually his interest revived in music.

Career

The rapper was much into rap music since his early career, but in spite of knowing much about the subject, he decided to move into the field of fashion and latest styles. He idolized his father who had suffered for long due to a kidney complication and ultimately expired due to kidney failure. The rapper hailing from the city of New York has started off his career with launching his line of fashion jewelry. Slowly he went for laying the foundation stone of clothing line.

In the year 2005, the rapper Ferg finally established the clothing company “Devoni Clothing.” He also got interested in proceeding in making the other fashionable accessories that are used by the eminent rappers and superstars like Swizz Beats, Diggy Simmons, and Christ Brown. When Ferg was in his early twenties, he started showing interest in music. He started shifting his focus from clothing designing to creation of beautiful lyrics and melodious tracks. He was satisfied with his new venture as he started getting enough support from his co-associates.

Ferg was in collaboration with his longtime friend Rakim Mayer whose stage name is A$AP Rocky who made get convinced upon choosing the profession of a rapper. Rocky was the person who made Ferg introduced to the world of “Rap Music,” and now that sky is the limit in this profession. He came to understand that there is no substitute for hard work and dedication. In the year 2009, the two friends collaborated with each other to establish a group that would get appreciated for it fabulous creation of hip-hop rap numbers. The two eminent solo artist conjoined to form a new group named “A$AP Mob.” They started going for respective stage names that would make them known to people more distinctly. In the year 2013, the rap artist Ferg decided to release his solo album titled “Work.” Though it was a solo album, his friend Rakim was supportive enough to make him write some of the beautiful lyrics and enchanting compositions. It was a successful attempt, and the soundtracks go listed under the top 100 category in the Billboard Charts. It also got positioned in the 30th place in the Top R&B Hit Songs. The album also got charted in 23rd position under the category of US Rap Song Charts. A remix single was also released was also released that very year and was graded a platinum certification in the United States.

Soon after the release of his smash hit, the rapper came up with his next studio release titled “Trap Lord” that was released on collaborating with RCA and the Polo Grounds. Though it was opted to be released in the form of a mixtape the version was changed and was transformed into a full-length music album. Just after its release, his efforts got listed under the Billboard Top 200 Charts, and almost 32,000 copies of the albums were sold off in the very first week of its release. On the R&B Album charts, the album reached number four and peaked number eight on the R&B charts of records in the United Kingdom. People were much contended with his efforts and by the third week of the album’s release the amount reached to 46,000 in total. As far as the full-length album is considered, the ‘Trap Lord’ was his first endeavor, and the marvelous effort received a high appreciation from various reviews. The ‘Complex Magazine’ went further to acclaim the album to be the best in 2013. Niel SoundScan reported that in the periphery of the United States alone the album had sold more than 133 thousand copies. Although exact amount cannot be deduced but can be assumed that the sale proceeds of the album have enriched Asap to a great extent. His next release was a mixtape titled ‘Ferg Forever’ with 19 tracks. The tracks were even liked by the critique commentators.

In the year 2016, Ferg came out with his second full-length studio album that fetched immense appreciation from people. The native from New York came out with a release of a fabulous album titled “Always Strive and Prosper.” It was co-produced by the rapper alone, and it achieved much more popularity fame than the previous effort.  He went for collaborating with many other eminent artists and finally yet another mixtape titled “Lords Never Worry.” He came up with his ever first audio volume titled “Cozy Tapes Vol. 1: Friends” that was released in the year 2016. Then the sequel to volume 1, Volume 2 was released titled “Too cozy.” Then he went for releasing the single numbers “Trillmatic,” “Hella Hoes,” “Bath Salts” and ‘Yamborghini High.” He also went for releasing many music videos. Some of Ferg’s most popular single hit numbers are titled “East Coast,” “Old English,” “ Shabba,” “New Level,” “ Work,” “Hood Pope,” Nasty(Who Dat.” He had also featured with some of the eminent artists namely Elle, Haim, Liam Bailey, Overdoze, Lost King and finally A$AP Mob.

Personal life

Ferg is quite a private person and is involved in acts of philanthropy. He ones declared that he was in a relationship with a girl but when he was busy recording his second album; he lost his girlfriend with whom he once decided to spent his life. Though the girl’s name is known to the public, this much was known that Ferg was quite heartbroken after the separation.

Currently, he lives in a luxurious apartment in New York.

Quick summary:

Full Name: Darold D. Brown Ferguson Jr.

Date of Birth: 20th October 1988

Birth Place: Harlem, New York City, United States of America

Age: 30 Years Old

Profession: Rapper, Television Personality

Height: 5 Feet 10 Inches / 178 cm

Weight: 77 Kg / 170 lbs

Net worth: $1 Million