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 Twelvvy was the first defence witness called after the prosecution rested its case on Thursday. ASAP Rocky’s long-time friend and collaborator has told his trial that the hip-hop star fired a starter pistol that he carried as a prop during a scuffle on a Hollywood street in 2021.

Rihanna appeared in Los Angeles court earlier today to support ASAP Rocky as he stands trial for felony assault charges stemming from a 2021 shooting incident in Hollywood.

A$AP Relli testified that the gun fired by Rocky during the 2021 incident was a prop gun that shot blanks. Not only that, he said, but the shooting victim knew it was a fake gun.

Prosecutors Thursday concluded their presentation of evidence in the trial of rapper and fashion mogul A$AP Rocky, who is charged with firing a gun at a former friend on a Hollywood street in 2021.