The US rapper – real name Rakim Athelaston Mayers – was handcuffed as he stepped off his private plane at LAX on Wednesday, in connection to a November 2021 shooting, reports NBC News.According to the outlet, the LAPD had been investigating the 33-year-old rapper for a shooting that occurred on November 6 of that year, The Sun reports.After surviving the incident, the victim reportedly claimed to police that A$AP and two other people came up to him with a handgun.The victim also alleged that Rihanna’s boyfriend shot at him multiple times, with one bullet possibly grazing his left hand.The LAPD later confirmed on social media on Wednesday that A$AP was arrested in connection to the November shooting that took place in the Hollywood area.In a statement about the incident, they wrote: “On November 6, 2021, around 10.15pm, an argument between two acquaintances occurred.“The argument escalated and resulted in the suspect firing a handgun at the victim.“The victim sustained a minor injury from the incident and later sought his medical treatment.“Following the shooting, the suspect and two additional males fled the area on foot.”An investigation led to A$AP getting arrested for assault with a deadly weapon.Prior to landing in LA, A$AP had been with his billionaire girlfriend in her home country of Barbados, spending time with Rihanna’s friends and family ahead of the birth of their first child together.It comes after they were engulfed by unfounded split rumours at the weekend. The rumours claimed A$AP had cheated on the 34-year-old singer with luxury shoe designer Amina Muaddi.Muaddi disputed the reports on her Instagram stories as “fake gossip”.Days after the cheating allegations swirled, Rihanna and A$AP were spotted at a Caribbean Island airport, before flying out to Barbados.Rihanna, who is worth a whopping $2.2 billion largely thanks to her beauty line Fenty, first met the rapper back in 2013 and started dating around 2020, following his brief, high-profile relationship with supermodel Kendall Jenner.The pair announced in January that they were expecting their first baby together.This story originally appeared on The Sun and was reproduced with permission
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