Rihanna’s boyfriend A$AP Rocky detained at LAX in connection to a shooting from November 2021
Elizabeth Washington, Digital News Editor
Updated: April 20, 2022 at 3:36 PM
FILE - Rihanna, left, and ASAP Rocky appear at the Off-White Ready To Wear Fall/Winter 2022-2023 fashion collection, in Paris on Feb. 28, 2022. Now in her third trimester, the music star, and fashion and beauty mogul hasn't exactly been hiding under a maternity tent since she and boyfriend A$AP Rocky announced they were expecting. She's made the fashion week rounds in Milan and Paris wearing a range of couture that shows off her belly. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP, File) (Vianney Le Caer, 2022 Invision)
LOS ANGELES, Cali. – Rapper A$AP Rocky was detained Wednesday in Los Angeles due to being in connection with a shooting from November 2021.
The rapper, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, arrived at LAX from a vacation in Barbados with his girlfriend, singer Rihanna.
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According to NBC News, Mayers had been under an investigation by LAPD for a shooting on November 6. The shooting victim from that day told police that the rapper was walking with two others and approached him with a handgun on the street. According to police reports, the victim was shot at by Mayers at least three times.
The shooting had not yet been reported in the media.