Final night time, A$AP Rocky headlined Rolling Loud California 2025, marking his first present since being acquitted on two firearm assault charges final month. The rapper took over Inglewood’s Hollywood Park Grounds not by gracing the stage, however its skies, flying over the viewers in a black helicopter emblazoned with the initials of his upcoming album, Don’t Be Dumb. Whereas safely seated onboard in a harness, Rocky carried out his new music “All Black (Stole Ya Circulation)” after which debuted an unreleased monitor. After rapping “A$AP Ceaselessly,” Rocky climbed out of the helicopter and rappelled right down to the stage. Watch a replay beneath.
It’s been seven years since Rocky’s final studio album, Testing, and he used the Rolling Loud competition grounds to interrupt out a number of of his latest singles, together with “Tailor Swif” and “Highjack.” He debuted a number of extra new songs, too: “Cease Snitching,” and the Metro Boomin-produced “Your Honor.” Rocky additionally introduced out Skepta for “Reward the Lord (Da Shine)” close to the tip of his set.
On February 18, Rocky was discovered not responsible of shooting former good friend Terell “A$AP Relli” Ephron in 2021. Rocky initially rejected a plea deal that might have given him six months in jail and a seven-year suspended sentence, as an alternative pleading not guilty again in 2022. The rapper and his staff ended up efficiently arguing that police lacked proof and did not discover a gun or shell casings on the scene. (They declare a prop gun was used.) “Thank y’all for saving my life. Thank y’all for making the correct determination,” Rocky instructed the jurors as they left the courtroom.
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