A$AP Rocky arrives at court to find out if he will stand trial for ‘firing gun at friend outside Hollywood hotel’

Rapper A$AP Rocky arrived at a Los Angeles courthouse on Monday, where a judge will determine whether he will stand trial for allegedly shooting a gun at a friend outside a hotel.

A$AP Rocky, real name Rakim Mayers, faces up to eight years in prison if convicted of two felony counts of assault with a semi-automatic firearm.

He arrived at court Monday wearing a black suit, matching black face mask, black tie with white polka dots and a floral brooch.

The 35-year-old rap star and father of two with Rihanna has pleaded not guilty to charges that he fired a gun at a former friend and associate.

Prosecutors allege that on November 6, 2021, Mayers pointed a gun at Terell Ephron, once known as A$AP Relli, and then shot Ephron during a confrontation, leaving him with minor injuries.

A judge will determine if there is enough evidence to move forward with a trial against the rapper in a November 2021 shooting

At an earlier hearing, Ephron testified that Mayers held the gun to his stomach and said, “I’ll kill you now,” before firing bullets and leaving the room.

Ephron said he and the “F*****g Problems” rapper were teenage friends and members of the A$AP collective, a group of New York high school students who wanted to make music and pursue other art forms.

He said their friendship continued as Mayer’s fame grew, but began to falter when he began to withdraw from business ventures.

Prosecutors played surveillance video showing Mayers brandishing a gun and possibly firing it, which his attorneys denied he did.

The father of Rihanna’s two children was first arrested in April last year as he returned to Los Angeles airport from Barbados, where he had been on holiday with his then-pregnant girlfriend.

He was later released on $550,000 bail. Officers were seen outside his LA home smashing the gate with a battering ram before apparently raiding the property. Detectives seized several boxes of evidence from the home.

Four months after his arrest, the charges were declared a misdemeanor, rather than a misdemeanor, which would have meant only one year in prison for each charge.

During this preliminary hearing, a judge will determine if there is enough evidence to move forward with a trial.

The rapper is represented by the same lawyer who represents former President Donald Trump in his criminal case in New York, Joe Tacopina.

Terell Ephron (pictured) told the court at an earlier hearing that Mayers shot him after calling him to a meeting in Hollywood

Rapper A$AP Rocky appeared in court last week to begin hearings before a judge to determine whether he should stand trial

The boyfriend of superstar Rihanna and father of her children faces eight years in prison if convicted of two felony counts of assault with a semi-automatic firearm

In 2019, Trump took a particular interest in Mayers after he was arrested in Sweden for assault.

He was arrested after a fight broke out in the street between his entourage and two men.

Mayers was convicted of assault, given a suspended prison sentence and ordered to pay more than $1,000 in restitution. He reportedly spent a month in jail before his sentence was handed down.

Ahead of Monday’s hearing, the hit-making duo were in Las Vegas to promote his Puma collaboration at the F1 races.

In an interview with Complex Magazine, the Fashion Killa rapper beamed as he talked about the achievements he and Rihanna have already made.

“If me and my lady were to work together, what could we work together and just get the fuck down and carry on? I think we do a really good job of working together to create children,” the musician said. ‘I think that’s our best creation yet.’