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 and Rihanna 's relationship status was debated in court before the start of his criminal gun trial. On Wednesday, Rocky's attorney Joe Tacopina attended a preliminary hearing where Judge Mark S.

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.

Rihanna is said to be panicking that her boy toy, A$AP Rocky, could soon be sent to prison as he goes on trial Tuesday on felony assault charges.

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.

Trial is set to begin with jury selection in a Los Angeles court for rapper A$AP Rocky, who is charged with firing a gun at a former friend in Hollywood in 2021.

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

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.

ASAP Rocky appeared at a Los Angeles courthouse on Tuesday (January 21) as jury selection began in his criminal assault trial. The 35-year-old artist, born Rakim Mayers, is facing two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm stemming from an alleged altercation in November 2021.

Ellan Dimitrius, and Neama Rahmani tell Newsweek about Rihanna's potential impact on the jury in A$AP Rocky's assault trial.

A$AP Rocky could face a “significant prison sentence” after rejecting a plea deal. The high-profile case has attracted significant media attention, particularly given his relationship with global superstar Rihanna.