A $ AP Rocky is officially a free man after he has not been found guilty in all points in his highly published attack case. The rapper, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, ended the court on Tuesday afternoon after a process of almost four weeks.
Following the judgment, “Extras” Billy Bush sat with Rocky’s lawyer, Joe Tacopina, who opened about the intense legal struggle and the emotional reaction of the rapper.
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Rihanna and A $ AP Rocky already have a name in mind for their next baby
Tacopina revealed that Rocky and Rihanna, those two sons share – RZA, 2 and Riot, 1 – in general told him that they planned the name of their next baby.
“They grabbed me and said,” Listen, our next baby, a $ AP Joe, “Tacopina shared with extra after the rapper was acquitted of two crime counts of attack with a semi -automatic firearm. The charges came from a shooting incident from 2021 in which former friend A $ AP Relli was involved.
“I said:” I’m going to hold you there! “” Tacopina added laughing.
A $ AP Rocky’s emotional response in court
Rocky was confronted with the possibility of a maximum of 24 years in prison if he had been convicted. When the non-culprit judgment was read, the rapper grabbed his legal team before he turned to Rihanna and his loved ones in the first row of the courtroom.
Tacopina admitted that he was initially worried about Rocky’s reaction, when the rapper started celebrating after the first count was announced instead of waiting for the full judgment.
“He didn’t know if he would go home and his two babies would see that evening or a decade length imprisonment literally started that day,” Tacopina said.
Why Rihanna brought their children to court
Rihanna’s presence in court, together with their children, led to the discussion last week, but Tacopina emphasized that it was not about swinging the jury.
“Listen, he has a family. It was no secret for this jury, “Tacopina said. “Rihanna was there almost every day.”
Billy Bush suggested that seeing the rapper’s family may have had an impact. “This is the family where he will be gone,” Bush noted.
However, Tacopina did not agree. “I don’t think it was useful to see it. What was the real reason was this: that day were sums, and in theory, what we initially believed, the judge had told us that he would start the jury judgments that day immediately after the summary. If they returned with a quick verdict as they did and it didn’t go his way, that would be the last time he saw his children. “
He continued: ‘So, she wanted them in court, in the courthouse, the smallest stayed outside. But you know, RZA was in because he is a little older and he put himself together very well, looked like a sweet little gentleman. “
With the process now behind them, Rocky and Rihanna can concentrate on their growing family – perhaps with an A $ AP Joe on the way!
