The rapper had faced two felony counts of assault with a firearm in connection with a 2021 altercation in Los Angeles.

Rocky, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, was acquitted Tuesday of assault charges stemming from a 2021 Hollywood shooting.

Prosecutors said the musician, born Rakim Mayers, had shot a nine-millimeter semi-automatic weapon during a confrontation with a former friend on November 6, 2021, in Hollywood. Mayers had insisted he had been carrying a harmless prop gun.

A$AP Rocky acquitted of all charges in his felony assault trial after a jury ruled in his favor following three weeks.

After a three-week trial, the jury deliberated for just three hours to reach the verdict that spared Rocky, whose legal name is Rakim Mayers, a prison sentence that could have run more than two decades.

A verdict has been reached in A$AP Rocky's criminal case. The rapper and partner of Rihanna was on trial for allegedly shooting at a former friend.

A Los Angeles jury on Tuesday found rapper A$AP Rocky not guilty of two felony counts of assault with a semi-automatic weapon in a 2021 altercation with another hip-hop artist in Hollywood. Rocky, the romantic partner of singer Rihanna and father of her two sons,

The Grammy-nominated rapper and fashion creative A$AP Rocky was accused of shooting at his former childhood friend twice in 2021.

Rapper A$AP Rocky has been found not guilty of assault with a semi-automatic firearm after being charged with shooting at a former friend. He had faced up to 24 years behind bars.

A$AP Relli's testimony made up the bulk of the prosecution's case. One surveillance camera captured the sound of the shots being fired. Another partially captured a scuffle shortl