‘I Was Slap Boxing With My Auntie’: A$AP Rocky Explains His Babushkas—and Nail Art—as His AWGE Label Finds a Home

We know aunties hold a special place in black culture, but who knew one was the catalyst for one of the most confounding fashion trends of the last few years? But according to A$AP Rocky, it was his auntie who inspired his now well-known "Babushka Boi" image.