A$AP Rocky may be facing serious charges for allegedly shooting his former friend A$AP Relli, but he was determined to keep the meaning of AWGE a secret during his felony assault trial.
AWGE is Rocky’s label and creative agency and the rapper has never publicly revealed what the initials stand for since its launch over a decace ago.
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During his shooting trial on Friday (February 7), fellow A$AP Mob member A$AP Twelvyy was called to the witness stand and asked by a prosecuting attorney what the letters stood for.
After Twelvyy avoided the question, Rocky, in a shock move, spoke up from the defense table and ordered Twelvyy to stay silent, telling him: “Don’t say it.”
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AWGE has two rules according to its website: “1) Never reveal what AWGE means. 2) When in doubt always refer to rule #1.”
After Pretty Flacko’s controversial outburst, Twelvyy was asked by the prosecutor what Rocky had said but he denied he heard him, saying: “I heard something. I’m not too sure what I heard. I was listening to you.”
A$AP Rocky’s company AWGE has two rules:
1“Never reveal what AWGE means”
2“When in doubt always refer to rule #1”
Rocky reminded his key witness of this in front of the jury today by telling him, “Don’t say it” after the prosecutor asked what AWGE meant. pic.twitter.com/j7GaPNdwBx
— Meghann Cuniff (@meghanncuniff) February 8, 2025
As Deputy District Attorney John Lewin would say, he has an ethical duty to call this kind of stuff out, and he did so by asking Judge Arnold for a sidebar.
Twelvvy testified he heard something but didn’t know who said it. pic.twitter.com/TFS9MeSbEq
— Meghann Cuniff (@meghanncuniff) February 8, 2025
Twelvyy was testifying in support of his longtime collaborator, who claims that A$AP Relli was the aggressor during the November 2021 shooting and that Rocky was not even carrying a real gun but rather a prop starter pistol.
Rocky previously spoke in the courtroom over objections to repeated use of the n-word by white attorneys, as well as the judge.
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After Rocky’s own attorney, Joe Tacopina, said the racial slur without censoring himself while reading aloud evidence, the Harlem rapper vocally interjected about its continued use.
Judge Arnold later confirmed that the slur was now banned during the trial, saying: “If there’s an exhibit or any recording that has the n-word, I want you to say ‘n-word.’”
A$AP Rocky faces a maximum of 24 years in prison if convicted after previously declining a plea deal that would have seen him spend 18 months behind bars.
The high-profile trial could end this week, but it may run longer depending on how many witnesses are called and how long the jury take to deliver their verdict.
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The trial has so far been a contentious affair, with A$AP Relli’s claims of being shot by his former friend being put under intense scrutiny by Tacopina.
Relli was also forced to admit that he had deleted messages he had sent to Rocky after being accused of attempting to “extort” the rap superstar.
