Rapper A$AP Rocky charged in Hollywood shooting

Rapper A$AP Rocky was charged Monday with assault charges for allegedly firing a handgun towards a former friend in Los Angeles in November, prosecutors

LOS ANGELES — Rapper A$AP Rocky was charged Monday with assault and accused of firing a handgun toward a former friend in November, prosecutors said.

A$AP Rocky, 33, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, is charged with two counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm, the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office said.

Officials say Mayers fired a handgun twice in the direction of a former friend after a “heated discussion” in Hollywood on Nov. 6.

Rapper A$AP Rocky arrested at LAX in connection with alleged shootingApril 21, 202202:30The district attorney’s statement makes no mention that anyone was hit. The former friend told police he believed one of the bullets grazed his left hand, according to police reports.

Mayers’ attorney, Alan Jackson, had no immediate comment on the charges Monday.

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