Opening statements have begun at the trial of rapper A$AP Rocky, who is accused of firing a handgun at a former friend. The presentation of evidence began Friday after a

A$AP Rocky sat in a California courtroom with everything on the line Friday as prosecutors told jurors he fired multiple shots from a 9mm semiautomatic pistol during a fight with former friend A$AP Relli on a Hollywood street corner three years ago.

The rapper and globe-trotting fashion fixture stands accused of firing shots at a onetime friend. His long-awaited trial in the case has already provided tabloid fodder.

Grammy-winning rapper A$AP Rocky is accused of firing two bullets at his childhood friend, A$AP Relli. Rocky claims the gun was a prop gun filled with blanks.

Opening arguments were expected to begin Friday in the trial of rapper A$AP Rocky, who is charged with pulling a gun on a former friend during an argument in Hollywood.

A$AP Rocky appeared in court on Friday as the 36-year-old rapper's trial on assault charges got underway in Los Angeles, California.

Rocky’s lawyer thinks ASAP Relli, born Terell Ephron, is in it for the cash. On Friday (Jan. 24), during opening statements in his gun assault trial, defense attorney Joseph Tacopina claimed the bullets fired during the incident were just “warning shots.