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Defense attorneys, from left, Chad Seigel, Joe Tacopina, and Sara Caplan, speak during a pretrial conference for A$AP Rocky, also known as Rakim Mayers, at Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024 in Los Angeles. (Amy Sussman/Getty Images via AP, Pool)

A$AP Rocky to go to trial next year on charges he fired a gun at a former friend

A$AP Rocky is set to go to trial in January on charges that he fired a gun at a former friend and collaborator outside a Hollywood hotel in 2021

By ANDREW DALTON
Published - Oct 22, 2024, 03:35 PM ET
Last Updated - Oct 22, 2024, 03:35 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A$AP Rocky is set to go to trial in Los Angeles early next year on charges that he fired a gun at a former friend and collaborator on the streets near a Hollywood hotel in 2021.

The trial of the 36-year-old rapper, fashion mogul, Grammy nominee and celebrity co-chair of the next Met Gala is set to begin with jury selection on Jan. 21. He has pleaded not guilty to two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm. Trial had been scheduled to start Nov. 12, but his team asked at a hearing Tuesday that it be postponed because he is headlining the Rolling Loud music festival in Thailand next month.

Superior Court Judge Mark S. Arnold said he will allow video cameras to air the trial that's expected to last about two weeks.

“I believe that the public deserves to see what goes on in the courtroom," the judge said.

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