Rakim Athelaston Mayers: Last News

A$AP Rocky claims he did not shoot friend A$AP Relli during an argument in Hollywood and has branded it an extortion attempt after pleading not guilty to charges in a Los Angeles courthouse last month.The 33-year-old rapper's - born Rakim Athelaston Mayers - lawyer Joe Tacopina told TMZ on Friday: 'Rocky didn't commit a crime.'It was an extortion attempt by a former associate, who threatened to make false criminal accusations if Rocky didn't pay him.'Last month Rocky - who is the  boyfriend of singing superstar Rihanna and father of her four month-old baby boy - pleaded not guilty in Los Angeles to shooting at a former friend and music partner during an argument. 'It was an extortion attempt by a former associate': A$AP Rocky claims he did not shoot friend A$AP Relli during an argument in Hollywood and has branded it an extortion attempt his lawyer Joe Tacopina told TMZ on Friday  after pleading not guilty to charges in a Los Angeles courthouse last month (pictured)Charged with two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm, Rocky - real name Rakim Mayers - is facing up to four years in jail on each charge if he’s convicted.Tacopina told the publication that he has two eyewitnesses who reiterate Rocky's claims that Relli was not actually hit by bullet fragments and that shots were not even fired.The lawyer claims that Rocky's friend had made up the story in a 'get-rich-quick scheme.' Tacopina told the publication that he has two eyewitnesses who reiterate Rocky's claims that Relli  (pictured) was not actually hit by bullet fragments and that shots were not even fired.

rapper Rakim Athelaston Mayers, popularly known as A$AP Rocky, has said he was apprehensive that Donald Trump’s involvement in the #FreeRocky cause would make matters worse for him. In an interview with Samuel Hine of GQ Magazine, the 32-year-old “Praise the Lord” rapper and songwriter said he was grateful but at that time he had concerns about the former president’s involvement in his release from the Sweden prison.