American rapper ASAP Rocky has been arrested. Singer Rihanna’s life partner Yesterday, Wednesday, at Los Angeles airport, he was suspected of involvement in a shooting last November, police said.
The Los Angeles police arrested the singer, whose real name is Rakim Myers, following an “argument between two acquaintances” on November 6, 2021 in Hollywood, during which the suspect shot “with a pistol at the victim.”
Rihanna with ASAP Rocky during an event in Paris last February
The TMZ website, which specializes in celebrity news, indicated that the 33-year-old singer was arrested as he got off a private plane from Barbados, the home of his partner. Rihanna, who is pregnant with a child, is close to giving birth.
Police did not reveal the identity of the shooting victim, who sustained minor injuries, but later identified the suspect, who went into hiding with two other men, as Rakim Myers.
According to the victim’s account, the singer and two people approached him with a pistol as he was walking down the street. He also said that the singer was shot three to four times, and a bullet hit his left hand.
Singer Asap Rocky (archive)
The relationship between the rapper has been confirmed And superstar Rihanna, who has many hit songs And the successful businesswoman in the field of fashion and cosmetics, last year after years of speculation.
In August 2019, Asap Roki was sentenced to a suspended prison sentence in connection with violence following a street fight in the Swedish capital, Stockholm.