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.

Things are looking tense for ASAP Rocky as his trial unfolds, with the rapper facing up to 24 years in prison. On the first day of court proceedings, Rocky’s defense team dropped a bombshell, admitting for the first time that he fired a gun during the alleged incident.

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.

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.