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A$AP beat the charges like Rocky. After three weeks on trial, rapper A$AP Rocky was found not guilty in his highly-publicized trail for felony assault, which involved a shooting nearly four years ago.

A$AP Rocky, born Rakim Meyers, jumped in joy and leaped into his girlfriend Rihanna’s arms after the verdict was revealed on Tuesday (Feb. 18) at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles.

The 36-year-old rapper was facing up to 24 years in prison. He pleaded not guilty earlier this year by turning down a prosecution offer of just six months in jail, along with probation and other conditions, if he would have plead guilty to one count.

A$AP Rocky was facing two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm, from the 2021 shooting incident in Los Angeles with former friend, A$AP Relli.

Rocky and Relli were involved in a physical altercation in Hollywood on November 6, 2021, which lead Rocky firing his firearm twice. Relli said one of the shots grazed his knuckle but was not seriously hurt.

The defense argued that Rocky shot a prop gun that he was carrying for security and he only fired it as a warning shot during the physical altercation.

“Relli is an angry pathological liar, who committed perjury again and again and again and again, ” said A$AP Rocky’s attorney Joe Tacopina. “They saw through this mirage of a case. He turned down a plea for almost no jail time because he was innocent,” added Tacopina.

“Thank y’all for saving my life,” A$AP Rocky told members of the jury as he was leaving the court room. While mobbed by the press outside, Rocky added, “This whole experience has been crazy for the past 4 years. I’m thankful and it’s blessed to be here right now to be a free man talking to y’all.”