Rakim Mayers, better known as the rapper ASAP Rocky, will headline the Rolling Loud festival and serve as a chair of the Met Gala this year — as long as he dodges a conviction at his trial for a 2021 Hollywood shooting.

He’s eager to tell his story. He would love the opportunity to do so,” rapper’s lawyer Joe Tacopina tells Rolling Stone while cautioning no decisions have been made about defense testimony

Trial is set to begin with jury selection in a Los Angeles court for rapper A$AP Rocky, who is charged with firing a gun at a former friend in Hollywood in 2021

Proceedings begin Tuesday in felony case accusing the rapper (and Rihanna's partner) of firing on a former friend on the streets near a Hollywood hotel in 2021.

A$AP Rocky rejected a plea deal from prosecutors in his Hollywood assault case Tuesday as the trial began in downtown Los Angeles, a little over two years after he was charged with opening fire on a former friend and collaborator.