People see Instagram and think, ‘Oh, that’s what he’s doing: He’s into white models and fashion shows, and he’s getting so much pussy.’ But that’s not my life,” says Theophilus London, 27. Well, it is a little bit.
Since the Trinidadian-born, Brooklyn-raised rapper bounded onto the scene in 2010, his urban-meets-couture style has been embraced by the fashion world. He sits front row at Chanel shows, appears in the pages of Vogue and has collaborated with Cole Haan, Del Toro, Surface to Air and, as of this month, streetwear brand Stussy.
But the noise of New York’s scene (“I got into women, drugs, too much partying”) inspired a cross-country move to a four-bedroom Beachwood Canyon rental home in Hollywood (it was built in 1923 and previously owned by Humphrey Bogart)…