A$AP Rocky Arrested At LAX In Connection With 2021 Shooting

LOS ANGELES — Grammy-nominated rapper A$AP Rocky was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport in connection with a November shooting in the Hollywood area, police said.

Rakim Mayers, 33, whose stage name is A$AP Rocky, was detained Wednesday after arriving on a private plane from Barbados, NBC News first reported. The Harlem native had been vacationing with pregnant girlfriend and R&B star Rihanna.

Mayers' attorney confirmed to NBC News that his client was arrested.

The LAPD said two acquaintances began arguing near Selma and Argyle avenues around 10:15 p.m. Nov. 6 in Hollywood. The argument escalated and the suspect shot at the victim, who suffered a minor injury and sought medical treatment, police said. The shooter and two other males ran.

Detectives later determined Mayers, of Los Angeles, was the shooter, police said. The findings will be given to prosecutors, who will consider charges in the case.

Law enforcement sources told TMZ the victim told police the rapper repeatedly shot at him, grazing his hand.

A$AP Rocky has been nominated for two Grammy Awards. In 2014, he and other top rappers were nominated for best rap song for "F---in' Problems." Two years later, he was nominated for best music video for the song "LSD."

Mayers attended Bayard Rustin High School for the Humanities in New York City and spent his childhood years at a 116th Street apartment in Harlem. His family at one point also temporarily lived in a shelter.

"It hasn't really changed much," the rapper told MTV in 2013. "Every time I come, I hear the same stories: Somebody got shot, somebody had a baby, somebody went to jail."

Gun violence has affected Mayers in the past.

His older brother Ricky was shot and killed when Mayers was 13 years old.

"He got shot right around the corner at 20 years old. I was going to school down the block at the time and I remember my mom rushed [over to tell me] 'your brother just got shot.'