Going on week two, A$AP Rocky’s trial in Los Angeles is shaping up to be music-video-ready. The rapper and future Met Gala host is fighting a felony assault charge from 2021, when he allegedly fired a gun directed at a former friend,

In some of these shots, Rocky wears a $4,000 Saint Laurent trench coat and crimson tie; in others he wears a vast Gucci cashmere coat, despite Los Angeles’s temperate climes. He’s flanked by thickset bodyguards and steps toward the camera looking self-assured and placid.

ASAP Rocky will not give evidence at his trial over two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm and the defence rested its case on Tuesday without calling him.

Amid the legal battle, ASAP Rocky has had unwavering support from his loved ones. According to Rolling Stone ’s Nancy Dillon, Rihanna was seated in the courtroom’s front row alongside Rocky’s mother, Renee Black. Dillon also noted that Rihanna kept her head down and appeared emotional throughout the proceedings.

Rapper A$AP Rocky may take the stand in his own defense at his trial on two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm

The defense in A$AP Rocky's felony assault trial rested its case, but without putting the rapper on the stand. This segment aired on the KTLA 5 News at 12 p.m. on Feb. 11, 2025.