A$AP Rocky has been found not guilty in his trial for felony assault with a semiautomatic firearm.
A Los Angeles jury found A$AP Rocky not not guilty on all counts, ending a three-week trial that accused the rapper, whose real name Rakim Mayers, of firing a gun at his former friend, A$AP Relli, real name Terell Ephron, in an altercation in November 2021.
After the verdict was read, Rocky immediately jumped over the stand to hug his mother, sister and partner Rihanna. He also told the jury, "Thank y'all for saving my life. Thank y'all for making the right decision."
"Thankful, humbled by His mercy!" she added with a praying hands emoji.
Ephron had claimed the Grammy-nominated rapper had opened fire on him during an argument on a Hollywood street on November 6, 2021, grazing his knuckles with one of the shots.
Rocky denied the allegations, arguing that the weapon was a prop gun and that his former friend was only after money.
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