{"id":39922,"date":"2025-09-24T03:31:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T03:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/39922\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T03:31:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T03:31:08","slug":"aap-rocky-knew-he-was-innocent-in-shooting-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/39922\/","title":{"rendered":"A$AP Rocky \u2018Knew\u2019 He Was \u2018Innocent\u2019 in Shooting Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Verdict <\/p>\n

\n Guilty as charged.
\n Photo: Daniel Cole-Pool\/Getty Images\n <\/p>\n

A$AP Rocky is reflecting on his trials and tribulations \u2026 specifically, the high-profile shooting trial he was acquitted<\/a> in earlier this year. \u201cI knew I was innocent,\u201d he told Elle<\/a>. \u201cI ain\u2019t no fucking gangster. I\u2019m a pretty boy. I wear that like a badge of honor.\u201d Rocky, born Rakim Mayers, had faced up to 24 years in prison if convicted of two felony assault charges over allegations that he had fired a gun at a former friend and A$AP Mob member in 2021. He was found not guilty of both counts in February.<\/p>\n

So was his time in the courtroom the only reason he still hasn\u2019t dropped his fourth studio album, Don\u2019t Be Dumb? Not necessarily. \u201cI don\u2019t want to primarily blame it on my case, but life was lifeing,\u201d he said of the delay in the project\u2019s release. \u201cWe don\u2019t plan on having children, but when it happens, you gotta adjust and move with it. I gotta be present for my family because that\u2019s first.\u201d Rocky and Rihanna are currently expecting their third child; he says they are \u201cpraying\u201d the baby will be their first daughter.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not like Rocky is pivoting to become a stay-at-home dad \u2014\u00a0he\u2019s still busy with multiple upcoming projects, including a Harlem- and jazz-inspired collaboration<\/a> for Puma and the A24 films Highest 2 Lowest and If I Had Legs I\u2019d Kick You. But for now, it seems those who\u2019ve been eager to hear a new Rocky album will have to keep waiting. He\u2019s well aware that Rihanna\u2019s Navy can relate to this, given that fans often quip online that he and Rihanna will never drop new music if they keep growing their family. \u201cYou know what we joke about?\u201d Rocky told Elle. \u201cShe\u2019s like, \u2018Yo, I ain\u2019t gonna lie. Your fans might want to kick your ass as much as my fans wanna kick my ass. What saves me is that I\u2019m pregnant most of the time.\u2019\u201d With R9<\/a>, right?<\/p>\n

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