Rakim Mayers (2L), aka A$AP Rocky, his attorney Joe Tacopina (L) and his his legal counsel team listen to opening remarks from the prosecuting attorney during his felony assault trial at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in downtown Los Angeles on January 24, 2025. Mayers was charged in August 2022 with two counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm, along with allegations he personally used a firearm during the pair of confrontations with Terell Ephron -- also known as A$AP Relli -- on the evening of November 6, 2021. (Photo by Genaro Molina / POOL / AFP) (Photo by GENARO MOLINA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)