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A$AP Rocky Admits Felony Assault Trial 'Hanging Over' Him Has Been 'Handicapping' His Songwriting

A$AP Rocky reveals that he's been "writing about these past four or five years that I had this over me." In February, the rapper was found not guilty of two charges of felony assault with a semiautomatic firearm.

Since A$AP Rocky got into an altercation in 2021 that led to an arrest, charges and a felony assault trial, the rapper has been reflecting on it in his music. On Feb. 18, a jury in Los Angeles acquitted the rapper — who was accused of firing a semi-automatic handgun at his former friend and A$AP Mob member A$AP Relli in an altercation in November 2021 — of two charges of felony assault with a semiautomatic firearm. After the verdict was read, Rocky immediately jumped over the stand to hug his mother, sister and partner Rihanna.

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