The trial of rapper A$AP Rocky, who is accused of firing a handgun at a former friend in Hollywood, resumed Tuesday morning, and his accuser is expected to take the stand.

Prosecutors began laying out their case Friday against hip-hop star ASAP Rocky, aka Rakim Mayers, in a 2021 shooting incident in Hollywood. If convicted, Mayers faces nearly 20 years in prison.

A$AP Rocky’s accuser, former friend and the key witness at his trial is set to take the stand. The rapper and partner of Rihanna has pleaded not guilty to two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm for allegedly firing on the longtime friend who goes by A$AP Relli.

Lawyers for A$AP Rocky criticized the lack of Black people in the Los Angeles jury pool in the rapper's assault case.

ASAP Rocky appeared at a Los Angeles courthouse on Tuesday (Jan. 21) as jury selection began in his criminal assault trial. The 35-year-old artist, born Rakim Mayers, is facing two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm stemming from an alleged altercation in Nov. 2021.

A$AP Rocky’s criminal trial over charges he fired shots at his former friend A$AP Relli is still on track to begin next week.

Rocky’s lawyer thinks ASAP Relli, born Terell Ephron, is in it for the cash. On Friday (Jan. 24), during opening statements in his gun assault trial, defense attorney Joseph Tacopina claimed the bullets fired during the incident were just “warning shots.

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.

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

A$AP Rocky is on trial in Los Angeles, having pleaded not guilty to charges of assault with a semiautomatic weapon

Nearly 100 jurors will pack into a Los Angeles courtroom on Wednesday with the possibility they’ll serve on the three-week trial of rapper A$AP Rocky, who is charged with firing a gun at a former friend.