A$AP Rocky has a powerful ally on his side as he gears up to stand trial for a 2021 shooting: Al Sharpton.
The longtime civil rights activist called out the jury selection process in the case on Wednesday (January 22) after it was revealed that only four Black people had been selected as possible jurors.
“It is absolutely ridiculous that the jury will be not fair and representative, so as to deprive A$AP Rocky of a fair trial,” he wrote on X (formerly Twitter).
“When we have four (4) black people in the city of Los Angeles, out of one hundred and six (106) — and exactly zero (0) within the first thirty (30) possible candidates for the jury — something appears to be very wrong with the system.”
Sharpton added: “I am monitoring this trial and challenging the Los Angeles District Attorney to ensure that fair and representative justice is afforded to A$AP Rocky […] as is his Constitutional right.”
Rocky and his legal team have not voiced any issues with jury selection themselves and the final jurors has not yet been finalized.
It has been brought to my attention, by the National Action Network Los Angeles office, that out of one hundred and six (106) people called to potentially sit as jurors in A$AP Rocky’s trial in Los Angeles, there are only 4 black people.
I have been closely in touch with A$AP…
— Reverend Al Sharpton (@TheRevAl) January 22, 2025
The rapper stands accused of shooting former friend and A$AP Mob member A$AP Relli (real name Terell Ephron) during a dispute in Hollywood in November 2021.
He has pleaded not guilty to two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm, and faces up to 24 years in prison if convicted.
Rocky recently turned down a plea deal that would have seen him be sentenced to three years’ probation, a seven-year suspended prison sentence and 180 days in county jail.
The fact that he rejected the plea was not a surprise as Rocky’s lawyer, Joe Tacopina, previously said: “From our side, we have no interest in a settlement. My client has indicated he’s not willing to take anything.”
Tacopina also recently revealed some elements of his defense for the upcoming trial, which is expected to last 15 days.
He said they have two witnesses who are ready to testify that the gun seen on security footage was a prop gun that Rocky carried “for security reasons.”
Al Sharpton only cares about a potential issue if he can spin the story to imply it’s circumstances are due to racism AND he stands to profit off of his involvement. FYI, there’s ONE reason Al Sharpton didn’t go down hard in the 80s over moving kilos of coke, and gets away with tax fraud today: he sold out and became a federal informant.
Alright white plant.
@Lol You’re still here trolling ? Get a fucking life you piece of shit . Your parents must be so ashamed of you 😂
There’s nothing wrong, Al. I have the blacks glorifying dummies like this while I destroy the country. I’m going to fuck you all really good like I do my daughter.
Get a job, weirdo. Then maybe your mother won’t have to sell her ass to support you
I have one. Oh, you don’t consider being President a real job? What a loser.
In case u didn’t notice, absolutely nobody finds you funny. Talk about being a loser
Everyone thinks I’m funny. That’s why I won 99% of the vote and am back President. You’re the loser. Get the son of a bitch off my website.
No , little guy.. People are laughing at you, not with you. Now go to bed, junior.. you have to wake up early for school tomorrow. Tell your mother I’ll stop by tomorrow to lay some pipe
I’m 79 years old. Why are you talking about my mother, you dumb fuck? Get this son of a bitch off the website. I demand it, or I will shut it down.
Whites run this “HIP HOP” site. We lost G. Let us gracefully bow out and let them have the comment section. They love black culture but hate the people within the culture. They’re also the biggest cowards on the planet and won’t just admit what we already know about them because they think we’ll fuck them up…and we will.
The White crybabies that LIVE in this comment section will as if this in not true and their not just as racist as Al. Go be a guest in hip hop like you guys always do. You weirdos are infatuated with black people and yet still think you’re better based off the fact you’re white 😄
They also fucked your mutha🤪
Oh dear.. nobody cares mate.. you’re black but keep going on about white people..it’s cringe
I certainly won’t. Just look at these white losers I have infesting these comments just like all over the internet. They can’t get any pussy, and they can’t take it like me because they’re broke. They disgust me, but I use them to get what I want.
@TrumpWontSaveYoi What the fuck does Trump have to do with this? You Libtards with your TDS are the biggest pussies on earth. Take the orange dick out your mouth and go rinse with mouthwash
How do you know if the commenters are all white? They could be Asian or Latino. And Sharpton is- and has always been- a waste of space racist.
I know my marks. Like would an Asian or Latino be sitting around in the middle of the day commenting to strangers? The Asians are too busy doing math, and the Latinos are mowing my golf courses. Only you poor whites are here wasting time because you can’t grab any pussy like me. Don’t you think my daughter is hot?
Stop daydreaming about sucking Trump off. wtf is wrong with you ? 😂
@Trump won’t save you I bet in a face to face confrontation with the poor whites you would literally shit your hand me down pants from the 80’s.
Al Sharptons enormous size head concerns me. It’s too bad that Ozempic can’t help his dome piece out
Thats just how the cookie crumbles al sharpton nothing racist going on here now go crawl back underneath a refrigerator