Hip-hop star A$AP Rocky is found not guilty of firing a handgun

Hip-hop star A$AP Rocky is found not guilty of firing a handgun

Rapper A$AP Rocky was found not guilty Tuesday of firing a handgun at a former friend on a Hollywood street in 2021.

"Thank y’all for saving my life," he told jurors as they left the Los Angeles courtroom. They cleared him of two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm.

After the verdict was read, the 36-year-old hip-hop star, fashion mogul and burgeoning actor — whose legal name is Rakim Mayers — dove into the courtroom gallery to hug his longtime partner, Rihanna.

He risked a sentence of 24 years in prison if he had been convicted.

On the eve of trial, he turned down a prosecution offer of just six months in jail, along with probation and other conditions, if he would plead guilty to one count.