Final night time, A$AP Rocky headlined Rolling Loud California 2025, marking his first present since being acquitted on two firearm assault charges final month. The rapper took over Inglewood’s Hollywood Park Grounds not by gracing the stage, however its skies, flying over the viewers in a black helicopter emblazoned with the initials of his upcoming album, Don’t Be Dumb. Whereas safely seated onboard in a harness, Rocky carried out his new track “All Black (Stole Ya Move)” after which debuted an unreleased observe. After rapping “A$AP Eternally,” Rocky climbed out of the helicopter and rappelled all the way down to the stage. Watch a replay under.
It’s been seven years since Rocky’s final studio album, Testing, and he used the Rolling Loud pageant grounds to interrupt out a number of of his current singles, together with “Tailor Swif” and “Highjack.” He debuted a couple 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 top of his set.
On February 18, Rocky was discovered not responsible of shooting former buddy Terell “A$AP Relli” Ephron in 2021. Rocky initially rejected a plea deal that may have given him six months in jail and a seven-year suspended sentence, as a substitute pleading not guilty again in 2022. The rapper and his group 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 appropriate determination,” Rocky advised the jurors as they left the courtroom.
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