Going on week two, A$AP Rocky’s trial in Los Angeles is shaping up to be music-video-ready. The rapper and future Met Gala host is fighting a felony assault charge from 2021, when he allegedly fired a gun directed at a former friend,

After speaking with his lawyer – and likely keeping prosecutors up late preparing for his potential cross-examination – A$AP Rocky decided not testify in his own defense. He confirmed the decision to a judge in the final phase of his felony firearm assault trial in downtown Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A$AP Rocky will not take the stand at his trial over two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm and the defense rested its case Tuesday without calling him to testify.