A$AP Rocky rejects plea deal as trial opens on charges he fired gun at ex-friend

Rapper A$AP Rocky has appeared in court (Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times/AP)

A$AP Rocky turned down a final prosecution plea offer of 180 days in jail and will face the possibility of a guilty verdict and years in prison as jury selection began at his trial on Tuesday.

The agreement offered to the 36-year-old hip-hop star, fashion mogul and actor, whose legal name is Rakim Mayers, was to plead guilty to one of his two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm.