A$AP Rocky gun trial to begin in Los Angeles

The shooting trial against popular rapper A$AP Rocky began Friday with opening statements in Los Angeles.

The shooting trial against popular rapper A$AP Rocky began Friday with opening statements in Los Angeles.

The 36-year-old hip-hop rapper, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, is accused of firing a gun at a former friend and bandmate during a heated exchange in 2021 in Hollywood.

Mayers has pleaded not guilty to two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm. Prosecutors say he shot in the direction of fellow rapper Terell Ephron, who went by the name A$AP Relli.

In their opening statement, prosecutors painted Mayers as an aggressive attacker who set in motion a plan to shoot his childhood friend over an argument.

Prosecutor Paul Bradley Przelomiec told jurors that Mayers and other members of his A$AP rap collective were walking down the street when he pulled a semi-automatic pistol from his waistband and pointed it toward Ephron while saying, “I’m going to kill you.”

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