Latasha Transrina Kebe criticizes A$AP Rocky's skinny suits as aggressively styled, comparing the look to a "Mufasa" motif. She argues that Rihanna's Fenty advertising campaigns work to reshape public perception around controversial images, though she suggests these tactics can still influence how people, including jurors, see public figures.
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Now I get it, the proper— look at him, look, go, go, go, go, go. What's up, fellas? I don't know what's up with these men these days, these skinny men like him and my husband wearing these little short tight suits, okay? I be telling Shane, I'm like, can you loosen your suit up? Why that tight? You see a whole print, Eric Pierre, that's Mufasa. That's all I see, Eric Pierre, that's Mufasa. That's the only reason we, we like that video. Somebody, Aaron Pierre, that's Mufasa. Hey, Aaron Pierre! All we see is Aaron Pierre, Mufasa down there. That's all we see. But he real aggressive. He real aggressive. And I said, now Rihanna spent a lot of money on these Fenty ads to, to take the, the publicity off of you, and then you gonna go and wrinkle your suit driving through, because as if, uh, uh, you know, they not gonna show that on the news. And that, that paints you in a bad light because even though they You can't tell the jury don't watch no news. They watch it anyway.