Prosecutors began laying out their case Friday against hip-hop star ASAP Rocky, aka Rakim Mayers, in a 2021 shooting incident in Hollywood. If convicted, Mayers faces nearly 20 years in prison.

A$AP Rocky's full defense was revealed during opening statements for his trial in Los Angeles on two counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm.

As the assault trial unfolds, explosive messages shed light on the tensions between the rapper and his accuser.

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The 2021 case against the popular rapper, ASAP Rocky has begun its trial as judges heard the opening arguments from both sides. The rapper is alleged to have pointed a gun towards an old friend, Terell Ephron.

Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ star Erika Jayne’s son, Tommy Zizzo Jr., appeared as a witness at ASAP Rocky’s trial

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.

Rocky reportedly rejected the plea deal offered in his Los Angeles gun trial because of the potential impact it would have had on his career as a rapper. TMZ reports that sources close to the 36-year-old rapper weren't interested in taking the plea bargain because it would "effectively end his career,

Erika Jayne's son, LAPD officer Thomas 'Tommy' Zizzo, testified in Los Angeles on Friday in the gun trial of rapper A$AP Rocky. Zizzo, 32, was the first witness called in the highly publicized case.

Rose Byrne attended the 2025 Sundance Film Festival presented by Casamigos yesterday in Park City, Utah. The thespian was there to promote her new psychological thriller "If I Had Legs I'd Kick You." The "Bridesmaids" star was winter ready in a pair of knee-high black booties.

Rapper A$AP Rocky has rejected a plea deal and will stand trial for a 2021 assault charge that carries a probable sentence of 24 years.