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A$AP Rocky is headed for court on gun charges ... the Grammy-nominated rapper just turned down a plea deal from L.A. prosecutors, opting to face a jury trial instead.

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00:00To the riverboat gambler, Rocky, ASAP Rocky, the gambler.

00:04Ain't that the truth.

00:05Yeah, because he is now on trial here in LA

00:09for that alleged shooting of ASAP Relly way back in 2021.

00:14This case has gone on forever.

00:17And this is Rocky walking into court

00:19where jury selection is underway.

00:22But before jury selection,

00:24the prosecutors played let's make a deal.

00:26Yeah.

00:27And they were willing to let him plead guilty

00:29to a lesser offense,

00:31serve 180 days, six months in jail,

00:34and that would be it.

00:36And he said, nope, I'm gonna gamble.

00:39I'm going to trial.

00:41And if he loses,

00:43he could face more than 30 years in prison.

00:45Yeah, that's a very serious charge,

00:47but he believes in his case,

00:49believes in his version of what happened that day,

00:52which his attorney, Joe Takapina said in court

00:57involves the weapon that was in his hand

00:59that ASAP Relly says Rocky used to shoot him.

01:05Well, Joe Takapina says they have evidence

01:07that that gun was just a prop gun.

01:10And that it could not have done

01:12what ASAP Relly is claiming it did.

01:15So that's part of their strategy going forward.

01:18But you're right, this is a pretty big gamble

01:21because 180 days, not to say that 180 days-

01:24You don't even serve the 180

01:25because they're gonna let you out.

01:26You don't serve less because it was in county jail,

01:28so it would be less.

01:29It's a revolving door.

01:30Boy, it's hard to imagine a set of circumstances

01:32where you would gamble this way.

01:34I mean, 180 days, and you're right,

01:35you're gonna serve 90 of that if at worst,

01:38versus a couple decades behind bars

01:42is a likely sentence for him, or at least a decade.

01:45It's a huge gamble.

01:46Joe Takapina, though, is one of the best,

01:48and he's been around forever,

01:49and if anybody can get him off, I guess Joe can.

01:51What are the chances Rihanna

01:53is gonna be sitting there in court when the jury hears-

01:56Almost 100%.

01:57Absolutely.

01:58Not necessarily every day of the trial-

02:00But enough.

02:01But enough.

02:01Enough.

02:02Yes.

02:03Absolutely.

02:04Absolutely.

02:05Absolutely.

02:06Absolutely.

02:07Absolutely.

02:08Absolutely.

02:09Absolutely.

02:10Absolutely.

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