•  Rapper A$AP Rocky was charged Monday with assault and accused of firing a handgun toward a former friend in November, prosecutors said.
• A$AP Rocky, 33, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, is charged with two counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm, the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office said.
• Officials say Mayers fired a handgun twice in the direction of a former friend after a “heated discussion” in Hollywood on Nov. 6.

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