On Monday, an L.A. County judge ruled that prosecutors have enough evidence to charge rapper A$AP Rocky with two counts of assault with a firearm.
Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón's office filed charges against the rapper in August 2022 for allegedly shooting A$AP Relli, a high school friend and collaborator, during a “heated” confrontation in Hollywood in 2021.
Rocky was arrested on 4/20 last year at LAX airport, moments after stepping off a private jet arriving from Barbados, the home country of his girlfriend, Rihanna.
A month later, LAPD officers used a battering ram while executing a search warrant on the rapper's Los Angeles home, evoking memories of Toddy Tee's 1985 single ‘Batterram,’ one of the west coast’s earliest hip-hop anthems.
On Monday, L.A. County prosecutors presented video evidence during a preliminary hearing. A judge determined the video showed Rocky brandishing a gun during what appeared to be a heated argument between Rocky and Relli.