GQ: You’ve been on tour for two weeks now. Did tonight feel different for you? What's your energy like right now?

A$AP Rocky: I gained it from the crowd, bro. It's really not a cliché, it's true. You really can gain or possess or kind of borrow or take energy from other people. Obviously energy is like particles and people take it for granted and shit like that. You can't see the molecules, atoms and protons, neutrons and all that shit, you can't see it right now. But it exists, right? And essentially, we're all made up of this energy that's just compressed all together, right? I swear to God, if it wasn't for that crowd and if it wasn't for them being lit, I would've sucked tonight. [Laughs.] That's it.

Tell me about the concept of “Injured Generation.”

Injured Generation is a metaphor. It pertains to physically injured motherfuckers and emotionally injured people, which is our generation.

Are there people that you've met over the years who are injured who helped bring you to touring around this idea?

Yeah, it was inspired by me feeling emotionally discouraged after I put out my album and I felt like the masses didn't get it at the start. I kind of forgot that's the same thing that happened with my album prior: I put it out, people fucked with it, and then throughout time people are, "Oh my god, this is a masterpiece." And I guess initially, I was like, Man, did my crowd, did my cult following forget how to mosh? How to slam dance, how to fucking crowd surf, how to go all out? I mean obviously I'm the pretty motherfucker but for real, I like to go crazy in a mosh, that's what I came here for! As soon as I got here, I went straight to the mosh pit, I didn't even come in this dressing room.

But I met one kid on tour who lost his legs after a rave that I threw.

You did a video with him, right? He passed out on the subway?

Because he was so fucked up.

How did you get in touch with him? Did he reach out to you?

He wasn't trying to sue nobody or nothing, he just wrote about it and Hadji Films showed me, he was like, "Yo, look at this kid, he was at our rave," and reached out and just made it happen. His story inspired it, it was more of an example, and we donated to his GoFundMe, and on top of that, we’re doing a charity event to give away the cars [three vintage BMWs and Mercedes suspended above the Barclays stage], and donating the proceeds to him and two other injured people.

So do you have tips for moshing safely?

Yes. If you wanna mosh safely, leave your panties at home.