A$AP Rocky Hit with $1 Million Lawsuit Over Condo Damage

Rapper A$AP Rocky is being sued by his downstairs neighbor for $1 million in damages after Rocky's renovations on his $11 million New York condo caused a leak...

From The Independent 

A $1.1 million lawsuit filed October 30 in Manhattan County Supreme Court blames last December’s “devastating water intrusion” on the “negligence of the putative owner of Unit 5N, Rakim Athelaston Mayers (a/k/a A$AP Rocky),” and a local contractor, ADE Pro Painting.

A$AP Rocky’s sumptuous pad is a full-floor home with a private elevator in a Romanesque cast-iron structure built in 1895 and renovated in the late 1990s. The 3-bed, 3.5-bath loft features imported oak floors, custom ceiling beams and lighting by renowned French lighting designer Hervé Descottes. The main bedroom has a fireplace and floor-to-ceiling custom wardrobes with automated clothing rods.

Unit 4NF, which sold in 2021 for $6.5 million, “suffered damage and destruction” to its “fixtures, furnishings and improvements,” as well as to “furniture, clothing, and personal items,” of at least $700,000, the suit contends. It says the apartment’s residents have spent some $200,000 on alternate living arrangements and other out-of-pocket expenses since the incident.

The unit’s ceilings, walls, floors and electrical circuitry had to be “torn apart and replaced,” and the space “remains uninhabitable,” according to the suit.

In an email, the owner of ADE Pro Painting told The Independent, “I want to say that I signed a NDA with the rapper, so that prevents me from providing certain details. I want to say that we are also affected from this situation, and we did not get pay [sic] for certain services provided.”

Their insurance company is now handling the matter, the spokesperson said.

The suit names ADE Pro Painting and the building’s condo board as defendants, along with A$AP Rocky’s business manager, Tyson Beem, who oversees the trust within which Rocky’s 4,800-square-foot spread is held. It was filed by plaintiff Chez Ni, LLC, the entity that formally owns unit 4NF; Chez Ni, LLC is controlled by a 27-year-old woman named Annie Kang, according to public records. Attorney Jonathan Jeremias, who brought the suit on behalf of Chez Ni, along with Beem and the president of the condo board, did not respond on Monday to requests for comment.