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A$AP Rocky Posed With A Revolver-Themed Accessory At The Met Gala Less Than Three Months After He Was Cleared Of Gun Charges, And People Have Thoughts

A$AP Rocky Posed With A Revolver-Themed Accessory At The Met Gala Less Than Three Months After He Was Cleared Of Gun Charges, And People Have Thoughts

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In case you missed it, the 2025 Met Gala took place last night, and rapper A$AP Rocky was co-chair alongside Colman Domingo, Lewis Hamilton, Pharrell Williams, and honorary chair LeBron James.
And it's fair to say that it was a pretty strong night for Rocky, with the star hitting the headlines when his girlfriend, Rihanna, confirmed that she is pregnant with their third child ahead of the iconic red carpet.
In addition, Rocky was undeniably among the best dressed of the night, with the star exceptionally on-theme in a custom design from his own creative agency, AWGE. He expertly mixed sportswear with the Black dandy inspiration behind the dress code, with Rocky also telling Vogue that he sought inspiration from his Harlem youth when executing the look.
However, there is one part of the artist's Met Gala outfit that has divided people, with some social media users left unimpressed when they noted that Rocky had accessorized with an umbrella that has a revolver handle after recently being cleared of gun-related assault allegations in court.
If you need reminding, in February, the star was found not guilty on two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm. He had been accused of shooting his former friend A$AP Relli, real name Terell Ephron, during an altercation in 2021.
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The Los Angeles County trial lasted for three weeks, and Rocky — real name Rakim Mayers — could have faced 24 years in prison if found guilty, but prosecutors only sought eight years.
At the time, prosecutors alleged that Rocky pulled a semiautomatic pistol from his waistband and pointed it at Relli as he said: 'I'm going to kill you.' The two had apparently met up close to a Hollywood hotel to settle a dispute, and Relli alleged that Rocky fired in his direction twice — claiming that one of the bullets grazed his hands.
However, Rocky's defense argued that the weapon allegedly used in the shooting was just a 'prop gun,' or a starter pistol, not a real firearm. The 'fake gun' proved to be a key part of the trial, with witnesses testifying that Rocky did not carry a real weapon, but had the prop gun when he did not have security with him. It was claimed that Rocky fired the prop gun to stop Relli from attacking one of their friends.
Rocky was found not guilty by the jury, and famously leaped over the stand to hug Rihanna in court when the verdict was announced.
Still, some found Rocky's inclusion of a gun in his Met Gala look less than three months later to be in bad taste, with a viral tweet reading: 'A revolver handle umbrella after beating a gun case is diabolical.'
At the time of writing, this tweet has been seen more than five million times and has hundreds of thousands of likes, retweets, and replies.
'This gun-handled umbrella is such a bold, dangerous statement to make after beating his case,' another popular tweet echoes.
'does rocky, a man accused of shooting someone, have a bedazzled GUN?' somebody else asked, while one more wrote: 'A pistol handle umbrella. This man is crazy.'

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