A$AP Rocky declined a plea agreement from prosecutors ahead of his gun assault trial because he thought it would kill his career. Prosecutors recently offered the rap star a plea deal that would've required him to plead guilty to two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic weapon.

ASAP Rocky appeared at a Los Angeles courthouse on Tuesday (Jan. 21) as jury selection began in his criminal assault trial. The 35-year-old artist, born Rakim Mayers, is facing two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm stemming from an alleged altercation in Nov. 2021.

The rapper rejected a plea deal and will stand trial on two counts of felony assault stemming from a 2021 shooting in Hollywood.