In some of these shots, Rocky wears a $4,000 Saint Laurent trench coat and crimson tie; in others he wears a vast Gucci cashmere coat, despite Los Angeles’s temperate climes. He’s flanked by thickset bodyguards and steps toward the camera looking self-assured and placid.

Rocky did not want ASAP Twelvyy to explain what the letters AWGE stood for when a lawyer asked during his testimony. On Friday, the prosecution in Flacko's trial presented a photo of the rapper's bed with the letters AWGE stitched into the material and asked Twelvyy if he knew what the letters meant.

Rapper A$AP Rocky may take the stand in his own defense at his trial on two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm

The American rapper is not legally required to evidence, and subjecting a defendant to cross-examination is often a major risk in criminal cases.