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.

A$AP Rock rejected a plea deal with jail time and revealed key defense strategy Tuesday as jury selection got underway in his L.A. gun assault trial.

The 36-year-old has pleaded not guilty to two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm, and his attorney has said he committed no crime.

A$AP Rocky’s long-delayed trial on assault charges will begin Tuesday with jury selection in Los Angeles.

A$AP Rocky's felony assault trial for allegedly shooting his former friend A$AP Relli begins on January 21 in Los Angeles.

Rocky turned down a final prosecution plea offer of 180 days in jail and will face the possibility of a guilty verdict and years in prison as

A$AP Rocky could face a "significant prison sentence" after rejecting a plea deal. The 36-year-old rapper - whose real name is Rakim Mayers - appeared in court in Los Angeles on Tuesday (21.01.25) to plead not guilty to two counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm in connection with an incident that took place in November 2021,

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The rapper, actor and designer arrived for the first day of trial on Jan. 21. He turned down a last-minute prosecution plea offer, and jury selection got underway.

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.

Rocky 's attorney, Joseph Tacopina, believes the evidence against his client is "fundamentally weak" in his ongoing gun case. Rocky, born Rakim Mayers, was arrested in April 2022 in connection with a November 2021 shooting in Los Angeles.