Rapper A$AP Rocky Ordered to Stand Trial in Los Angeles on Assault Charges

Rapper A$AP Rocky Ordered to Stand Trial in Los Angeles on Assault Charges
Rakim Mayers, aka A$AP Rocky, sits in the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center for a preliminary hearing in his assault with a semiautomatic firearm case in Los Angeles on Nov. 20, 2023. Allison Dinner/Pool via Reuters
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LOS ANGELES—Rapper A$AP Rocky, the romantic partner of recording star Rihanna and father of her two sons, was ordered on Monday to stand trial in Los Angeles on two felony counts of assault with a semi-automatic weapon.

Rocky, 35, whose given name is Rakim Mayers, is accused of pointing a handgun at another hip-hop artist and former friend, Terell Ephron, during a heated argument, and then firing twice in Ephron’s direction during a second confrontation. Both encounters occurred on Nov. 6, 2021.