A$AP Rocky got his start to fame mostly through viral success and was one of the first to achieve that. Hailing from the NYC when he first performed live he had a large crowd already from his viral success and following. During a piece Ferragamo called “A Man’s Story” Rocky reflects on his first show at ALIFE Boutique after the release of his video for “Purple Swag” A$ap Rocky had this to say “They wanted me to come by and do three songs, And when I say it was a line around the corner, people couldn’t even get in and I just kept thinking to myself — wait, all of these people are here for me? This can’t be real. It’s my first time, it’s my first show.” Then Rocky reflects on crying tears of happiness after the show “It turned out crazy. People were dressed how they saw me dressed in the videos. And when I got in the car on the way home, and I cried — because I was happy, that’s when I felt that I made it.”