A$AP Rocky Faces Legal Battle as Court Orders Return for Hearing on Shooting Incident with A$AP Relli

A$AP Rocky has been ordered to return to court for a hearing to determine if he will stand trial for allegedly shooting former friend and rapper A$AP Relli in 2021.

The 34-year-old, who’s expecting his second child with superstar singer Rihannapleaded not guilty last August to two charges of assault with a semiautomatic firearm stemming from the incident – and faces up to four years in prison on each count if convicted.

Rocky, real name Rakim Mayers, has been out on $550,000 bail but was not present Tuesday at a Downtown Los Angeles criminal court where Judge Kerry White scheduled a preliminary hearing to be held on June 5.

A$AP Rocky (pictured at his arraignment in August 2022) is scheduled to appear at a June 5 court hearing in Downtown LA where a judge will decided if he will stand trial on two counts of assault with a firearm

A$AP Rocky (pictured at his arraignment in August 2022) is scheduled to appear at a June 5 court hearing in Downtown LA where a judge will decided if he will stand trial on two counts of assault with a firearm

The charges stem from an altercation in Hollywood on November 6, 2021, between Rocky and former friend and fellow rapper A$AP Relli – real name Terrell Ephron – who was also a member of the ASAP Mob rap group

Rocky – real name Rakim Mayers – was seen attending the 95th Academy Awards on Sunday alongside girlfriend Rihanna, with whom he is now expecting his second child

The charges arise from an altercation in Hollywood in November 2021 between Mayers and fellow rapper Terrell Ephron, a fellow member of the A$AP Mob rap group that started in Harlem in 2006.

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