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    'Rocky turned around and shot me': Rapper's childhood friend testifies about Hollywood shooting

    Rakim Mayers and Terell Ephron, better known as A$AP Rocky and A$AP Relli, met in high school in New York. Both were members of A$AP, which Ephron described on the witness stand in Los Angeles Superior Court Wednesday as "a conglomerate of young men that have many different talents." Even as Mayers became a famous rapper and fashion icon — and millionaire many times over — the two were like ...
    by Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times Nov 09, 2023 5 minutes
    Rakim Mayers, the rapper known as A$ AP Rocky, faces two counts of assault with a firearm.

    Rakim Mayers and Terell Ephron, better known as A$AP Rocky and A$AP Relli, met in high school in New York.

    Both were members of A$AP, which Ephron described on the witness stand in Los Angeles Superior Court Wednesday as "a conglomerate of young men that have many different talents." Even as Mayers became a famous rapper and fashion icon — and millionaire many times over — the two were like "brothers," Ephron testified.

    But one November night in 2021, tensions erupted into a fight on a Hollywood sidewalk. Ephron testified that Mayers pulled a gun from his waistband and shot him, grazing his hand.

    Wednesday's preliminary hearing marked the first time Ephron has publicly recounted the night he says Mayers shot him. Mayers, 35, has pleaded not guilty to two counts of assaulting Ephron with a firearm. Superior

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