A$AP Rocky faces up to 24 years in prison as his trial begins with explosive new defense strategies and career-changing implications for the hip-hop star

Rakim Mayers, better known as the rapper ASAP Rocky, will headline the Rolling Loud festival and serve as a chair of the Met Gala this year — as long as he dodges a conviction at his trial for a 2021 Hollywood shooting.

Prosecutors were not exactly thrilled with ASAP Rocky’s legal team introducing a prop gun as the centerpiece of his defense strategy. On Wednesday (Jan. 22), Meghann Cuniff shared that the opening counsel called it a “straight ambush.

The 36-year-old has already pleaded not guilty to two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm as jury selection gets underway in Los Angeles

Jury selection for a trial against A$AP Rocky is scheduled to begin Tuesday in Los Angeles. The hip-hop star and fashion mogul is charged with firing a gun at a former friend and could get a decades-long prison sentence if convicted.

Nearly 100 jurors will pack into a Los Angeles courtroom on Wednesday with the possibility they’ll serve on the three-week trial of rapper A$AP Rocky, who is charged with firing a gun at a former friend.

Dozens of jurors will return to a Los Angeles courtroom for the possibility of serving on the trial of rapper A$AP Rocky, who is charged with firing a gun at a former friend.

Proceedings begin Tuesday in felony case accusing the rapper (and Rihanna's partner) of firing on a former friend on the streets near a Hollywood hotel in 2021.

The rapper and globe-trotting fashion fixture stands accused of firing shots at a onetime friend. His long-awaited trial in the case has already provided tabloid fodder.

Los Angeles prosecutors have resumed questioning of potential jurors, focusing on their attitudes towards police and celebrities.

Nearly a hundred jurors packed into a Los Angeles courtroom with the possibility they'll serve on the trial of rapper A$AP Rocky, who is charged with firing a gun at a former friend.

He is accused of firing at a former friend near a Hollywood hotel in 2021, and could get a maximum sentence of 24 years in prison if convicted.