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Rapper A$AP Rocky was found not guilty on two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm after he was accused of shooting at his onetime friend and bandmate following a heated argument in 2021.
The jury cleared the 36-year-old rapper, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, following a three-week trial during which prosecutors painted Mayers as an aggressive attacker who shot his childhood friend, rapper Terell Ephron, over a disagreement.
Mayers could have faced up to 24 years in prison, but prosecutors only sought 8 years.
The rapper pleaded not guilty and decided not to take the stand at his trial.
He also turned down a pre-trial plea deal that would have led to 180 days in jail.
