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Let's go. The thoughts, views, and opinions shared on the Flow show, no Filter. Are for educational and entertainment purposes only. I am not a professional. I am just good. Ah, good, good, good. Good morning, good day, good afternoon, good evening, good night, whatever. Good. Everything's good. Good. Everything. To everybody listening. Shout out to everybody watching. Shawna Felix. Morning. Morning to you. We got a lot to talk about today. If y'all don't know, we had the verdict of the year so far. It's a short year, 2025, but we have the. The. The verdict for ASAP. Rocky's case came in. If you living under a rock, you might not know, you might not know that he has been found not guilty. Asap. Rocky, the rapper, who is with everybody's favorite girl, Rihanna, Heck of a case. A lot of people were confident he would be found not guilty, but there were a lot of people who also thought he would be found guilty. So it was a lot of. A lot of mixed, mixed reviews of the verdict. We're gonna get into that also towards the end. I'm not gonna spend a lot of time on it, but Suge Knight has said some crazy mess about Ray J and Whitney Houston. Kingdom fit. What's up? What's up? What's up, Jennifer? Everybody piling in a little late. You know, sometimes it's early morning. It's hard for everybody to get up this time at this time. But asap, Rocky, we. We gonna talk about that, but we'll get into what Suge Knight said about Ray J and Snoop. He says some craziness. I don't know if Suge Knight just in prison feeling like he just want to say anything that comes to his mind, or do these recent statements have validity because they are crazy. Asap. Rocky the rapper, the entertainer, the brand, the man behind Rihanna or on the side of Rihanna, however you want to look at, was definitely a lot on the line. He was. He had an altercation. And let me tell you something about this case is truly. This case is truly. Be careful who you befriend. And even if you grow up with them or even if you met them in high school, even if y'all were young, you always gotta pay attention, man. You just never know someone's intent. And I can give you an example of that, a real quick example. A lot of y'all know I was signed to Floyd Mayweather as a young, younger kid, younger gentleman. I bust my butt. I had mixtapes going. I was rapping, and I had mixtapes going throughout the Midwest. I just. I basically Just did it. I was working on my own. I was the manager, I was the rapper. I was everything. I get signed to Floyd, Floyd Mayweather, the boxer signs me and flies me out to Vegas. And then I'm living in Vegas. Floyd gave me jewelry, stuff like that. You know, all the rapper kit. Back in my era, it was like, you got a chain and a. Some money and not use a rapper. Well, anyway, I'm from a small town. I'm from Cleveland, you know, where a lot of people don't even leave Cleveland. So when I got. After I got signed, I came back home. It was probably. I was probably out in Vegas. After I set up my residence, I came back home for like a month. Floyd gave me some time just to get back and see my family because I had been gone so long. Long story short, I'm running around. I'm so happy to tell all my friends who I thought were friends and tell them all about, you know, what's been going on, this and that. I was trying to share my world with everybody. And there came a time when I was at home and my own friends were trying to rob me. Yep. My own friends were trying to rob me. And I only was told because one of my real friends, one of my real friends was around and heard and told me. And it's crazy because not even the. It wasn't the shock. The shock that somebody was trying to rob me. It wasn't even that. That really, like, tore me up inside. It was like. It was more hurtful. It was like I didn't even think about the robbery part. It was just like so and so would try to rob me like this. I thought that was my boy. And so ever since that that happened, I've been distant from people. Just. I mean, unless I really know you or if you really been supporting me. Other than that, after that incident, I was really turned off about how, you know, like, trusting people because you just never know what somebody thinking. And I've always been a solid dude. I've never. Even at the height of my career, I've always maintained exactly. The person you hear on this mic is just who I am 24 7. Love me or hate me. I've been this way my whole life. So I don't. Cause I was signed with Floyd Mayweather and all that. It didn't go to my head. I was still. I still had goals bigger than that. So I didn't think I made it or anything. And that that's what saved me. Because the people that I. That didn't Want to see me get robbed was like, flo is just so cool. I would, you know, I can't let him get robbed. And that saved me. Now, I'm telling you that because ASAP Rocky, the star witness who tried to sink him, was a friend, A quote unquote friend, and like high school friends. And it really hit me because I've been there. Now, of course, I don't have to tell you, I'm nowhere near the rapper ASAP Rocky. Never near that big or anything of that nature. But the fundamentals still apply. When you make it out of the hood or you make it out of your city, there are a lot of people who didn't make it out who want to take that away from you. I'm speaking from firsthand experience. I mean, even. I'm gonna be candid with you. Some of the same people who played me back in the day when I was rapping and they tried to rob me and went behind my back, and it was. It's crazy. But like I said, I never let it bother me because I'm just the type person. I'm just gonna do my thing. I don't really pay attention to what they doing, but go off the radar from Floyd, and I come full circle, and then my social media influencer and all that just takes off out of nowhere. And do you believe that some of those same people who played me during my rapping days, they had the nerve to been trying to reach out to me while all this going on? Of course, I ain't answer, but I'm like, I've been through that already. You know, this is like. This is like God gave me a second chance to take the test over. You know, you. You know how you was in class and you might have bombed the test, and for some reason you get a lucky break. And that teacher says you get a chance to take it over. And now when you take it over, you fly through it. You get an A on it, because you know all the answers. You know what you did before and what was wrong. So this time around, I don't have survivors guilt or survivor's remorse or whatever they call it when you feel guilty for making it. Now I bust my butt by myself, and y'all listening and y'all in the chat and YouTube and all my supporters, y'all help me get here. Y'all are my family. And then I can count on one hand my immediate family, and that includes my son. And. And. And I don't even tell you the rest of them. You know, my mom or my daddy and so on and so on. But you can't reach out to me now. Like I already learned that before. No. If you weren't talking to me during the grind, during the hard times, don't call me when you see me on tmz. Don't call me when you see millions and millions of views. I'm not answering the phone. And if you listening to this podcast, then you obviously could co sign and confirm that I'm not lying because you probably listening to this podcast right now. Like, yeah, he didn't answer my call. I'm not doing that. And it's no hard feelings. But this ASAP Rocky situation is a big reason. So let's get into it. This actual, this case really touched me because like I said, I've been there where the closest people to you will do some, some excuse my language, do some stuff because they told me to start watching my language. I'm gonna try to watch it a little bit, but they told me to do some to that ASAP Rocky, that the person next to you is often the one who will do you worse. So let's get into this. Let me break down. So what happened in the ASAP Rocky case? In November 2021, rapper ASAP Rocky, whose real name is Rakim Myers, was involved in an altercation in Hollywood. Now this altercation took place with his former friend and ASAP member Terrell ASAP reli. Now, ASAP really alleged that during the confrontation, Rocky pointed a semi automatic weapon and fired it at him, one of which grazed his knuckles. And so that's what he says. Now after this incident, Rocky was subsequently arrested and charged with two felony counts. Now, now, now, throughout the trial, of course, Rocky maintained his innocence, claiming that he acted in self defense. And he also said that the firearm in question was a prop used for a music video. Now, after a three week trial and three hours of jury deliberation, on February 18th, a Los Angeles jury unanimously, unanimously found ASAP Rocky not guilty on all trials charges. The courtroom was very emotional. Rihanna was there as a matter of fact. Let's take a, let's take a listen really quick on that moment. Los Angeles Superior Court, county of Los Angeles people, the State of California, case number VA 508-14201. We the jury, the above entitled action, find the defendant, Rakim Meyers not guilty. Against audience not guilty. Not guilty. Not guilty. It was a moment he actually dove over the. I don't even know what you call it. The little court fence. I don't know what you call a little gate thing. But he was so happy, he dove over that right into Rihanna's lap. And I can't blame him, y'all. A.S.A.P. rocky was looking at 20, I believe 24 years if convicted. And to make that gamble even crazier is that they offered him. I put it up on here so I can make sure I give you the exact. I don't want to be off. Before the trial, prosecutors offered ASAP Rocky a plea deal that included 180 days, which is basically six months in jail, three years probation, and other minor conditions in exchange for a. For him pleading guilty to one of two of those charges. ASAP Rocky declined that off offer, opting to proceed to trial and you know, the outcome. So he. And I'm gonna be honest with y'all, and I might. I'm probably wrong, and it's probably people that. That will disagree and whatever. I'm gonna just be honest. I would have took the plea. I would have been scared to go to trial with. With the way stuff goes in these. Some of these cases. But shout out to ASAP Rocky for having the. The. The. The balls to do that, because if I'm gambling 24 years and they offering me six months, I might have to take the six months. But I'm glad he did what he did. Shout out to him, and much credit to him. I'm just being honest about me. I would have been like, you know what? Let me just take this for sure. Six months before they try to play me. So, anyway, let's get into it a little bit. So what was some of the. Some of the. Well, I'll get to some of the jury. I have some comments from the jurors. Actually. They actually shed some light on how they came to this decision. So I want to talk about that, but let's talk about how the altercation, like, what went on. What happened? Because a lot of people didn't really follow the trial too closely. They kind of saw the clips, but a lot of people don't even know what really. What the heck was going on. So this is what happened. So the altercation between ASAP Rocky and ASAP rally was happened November 6, 2021. The two had arranged to meet near Selma and Vista Avenue, Del Mar avenues to discuss, like, some financial issues. There were some money. Money issues, money situations where they were. And disagreement, basically. Now, during this meeting, they got to arguing, and one thing led to another, and Rocky was accused of pointing a firearm at ASAP rally and firing shots. Now, Rocky's defense contended that the firearm was a prop intended for a music video and that ASAP Rally was the aggressor in the situation. Now, the jury ultimately sided with Rocky, but let's go into a little background in the ASAP Rocky and Terrell situation. Now, ASAP Rocky and Terrell, they have been friends for a long time. They met in high school and their early friendship, even ASAP Rally said that they were like brothers. They saw each other every day. But according to ASAP Rally, Rocky. As Rocky gained fame, he became more distant. More distant, leading to feelings of abandonment among other ASAP mob members. Now, right there, let's stop right there. To me, even right there, he sounds like someone who is trying to sink someone because they're jealous of them. This right here strikes me as this guy is jealous of asap. And I know these type of people. If you know somebody and they are, let's say, a regular, average person. Let's say he said he knew him in high school. They were together before all this started, right? And then they become probably top, what, 2% in the world, 1%, 2%, 3% in the world. At. At their craft, they become a global sensation, icon, all of that. I think it's going to be some distance. I think that's going to drive some distance between you guys. You can't, as much as people want to say it, you can't go from a, you know, the regular person like everybody else and then blow up into a. A mega global superstar and think that that person is not going to naturally have some type of distance from you. That's ludicrous. And so these statements right here already let me know this person has some jealousy and has some motive, because at the end of the day, I don't care what went on. ASAP Rocky is a man, and ASAP really is a man. And if ASAP Rocky is distancing or you feeling distant, then go about your business. ASAP rally. You got the same 24 hours in a day that ASAP Rocky do see the difference between a person like me and a person like ASAP Rally. You get distant on me, then I'm gonna keep doing me. I'm not gonna be running behind you crying, wondering why you distant or talking about. I'm feeling abandonment. Like, come on, we all grown here. ASAP Rocky trying to start a wife, a family, a wife, a family. He. He trying to push his brand forward. He's trying to do whatever he got to do for his family, his kids and his. His woman or wife and all of that. And you worrying about how much of a distance he's creating because now he's not the same as when we started. And I, like I said, I don't even care who don't agree because I've lived this. And this really strikes a nerve because I've seen these, I've seen this, I've experienced this type of stuff. So during the trial, there were some things in ASAP Reli's testimony and in his case that gave a lot of people cause to pause. He said he, he, he the only person saying that he fired the shots of Rocky did his ASAP Rally. But however, there are several factors that happened during the trial that raise questions about ASAP Rally's credibility. And I'm gonna list them right here. First of all, they said there was a lack of physical evidence. The firearm allegedly used in the incident was never recovered. Additionally, no shell casings were found at the scene. And the nine millimeter casings Ephron, which is ASAP Rally later provided, lacked fingerprints. So what they're saying right there is they said that when the police came immediately to the scene, they looked for shell casings, they looked for bullet fragments, they looked for all of these things. They didn't find any of it. They didn't find any of it. But guess who did find it ASAP Relly or his girl or whatever story they came up with. They found casings, but these casings didn't have fingerprints. Let's go on. Next, the surveillance footage. While the surveillance footage captured the sound of shots being fired, it did not conclusively show Rocky with a firearm, leading to doubts in the, in the prosecution's narrative. Now, they had some blown up images that they saw something in the back pocket and certain things, but nothing was conclusive or nothing was clear. You got to remember we talking about beyond a reasonable doubt to convict. And so the defense's argument argued that ASAP really fabricated the story for monetary gain. He was pissed. He felt ASAP Rocky owed him some money and ASAP Rocky wasn't giving him the money. He felt like he was old. And so he came up with this story to try to sink ASAP Rocky. And basically the defense called an extortion attempt. And like I said, they said it was a prop gun. Now let's listen to what some of the jurors said about this situation. Here's a quote from one juror. Now, this is why, like I said, now I say all that and the reason why I would have took the plea, because I still feel like ASAP Rocky should be counting his lucky stars, because you never know which way these things can go. And when you listen to what some of these jurors said, you really realize he was lucky or he knows somebody that knows somebody. Not saying he did it, but we've seen people convicted with much less evidence. Let's just say that. So, like I said, shout out to ASAP Rocky. I'm glad he had the heart to take it to full trial. I probably wouldn't have in this case, but he did that anyway. One juror says, we all felt that there was a crime committed. This is the exact quote from a juror. We all felt that there was a crime committed. Also, same juror says, I think most of us felt like the gun was real. In other words, the jury didn't really buy the propped gun situation. They didn't buy that. So also, some of the testimony did not sound accurate or truthful. But, you know, we just tried to stick with what was presented and stick to the instructions that were given. This juror did believe that ASAP really felt his life was in danger. These are strong statements from the jury. Like, after you read these statements, you like, wow. Well, how did he get. I'm glad, you know, good thing. He was found not guilty. But based on what they're saying, it was close. This juror also goes on to say, I hope that in the future, Mr. Myers Mayers, which is ASAP Rocky really thinks about his actions before he is upset with someone, because he does. He does have a lot to lose. He's lucky. At this point, we don't have enough evidence to hand down a conviction. Now, to me, it sounds like this thing was closer than I thought it would have been and much closer than most people thought it would be. So that's what you. You hear that from the juror, and it's like, you know what? He was lucky. And one thing that people are throwing around, and I'm not an expert on the Tory Lanez and Meg Megan the Stallion case, I wasn't following cases at that time. Not hard. I was more. I wasn't even doing, like, celebrity cases. I was more focused on, like, local cases. So when the Meg and Tory situation was going on, I. I'll be the first one to tell you, I'm not an expert on that case. I didn't do any deep dives or anything. But one thing I do see, and I just posed this question to you all, Some of y'all might may have followed the Meg and Tory case closely and could probably speak on this. But one. One thing that I'm seeing all over my timeline, and this is some. Like I said, I don't know, but many people are saying in that same courtroom, allegedly, this was the same courtroom that Tory was in, many people are saying they did have evidence showing that ASAP had a firearm, and they're wondering, how did ASAP Rocky, how is he? How did he get a not guilty verdict? And people feel like there was way less evidence in the Tory Lanez case and then he was found guilty. And they are pointing to the fact that it's just coincidence that ASAP Rocky is a rock nation artists and Tory Lanez is fully independent now. Like I said, I didn't follow the Megan Tory case, like, closely, so I can't speak on it. I just thought it's kind of strange. It's kind of funny. I've literally seen that all over my Twitter, all over my Instagram, and I'm like, wow, I didn't see that coming. I didn't even. I never even thought about the Tory and made case during this ASAP Rocky thing. I didn't even know it was in the same courtroom. So I don't know. That's just something for y'all to think about or to look into, see if y'all see it on y'all timelines. But there are a lot of people that. That are bringing up that Tory case. So we definitely, like I said, shout out to ASAP Rocky and Rihanna. They will. I'm sure they celebrate it and are happy to be back in their regular life, I should say, because you looking at 24 years and you standing there and you waiting for them to say guilty or not guilty. And if they say guilty, you looking at about 24 years. That is a heck of a position to be in. I wouldn't wish that on anybody. I would never want to be in that position. That's a lot of time. That's. That's. That's life. That's basically life to me. So we gotta. Also. They. They. Rihanna spoke out. She dropped some. Rihanna dropped some social media thing. Praising God, thanking everybody. I mean, thanking. Thanking God. A lot of people say it. It comes. It came down to. Tori Felix says it came down to ASAP Rocky's bank account versus Tory Lane's bank account. Another listener or. Or viewer. Amy Mayfield says Rihanna also knew her star power and her bringing the children in the courtroom was very strategic. Great points, Great point. And also, Michelle added in that Megan is also a Roc Nation artist. So, yeah, it's a lot A lot to unpack. And hey, who knows why? But I know one thing. I know Tory Lanez is like, I think Mini Me said, Tory Lanez is pissed right now. I'm sure. I'm sure he is. But hey, like I said, I didn't follow that case. So I can't really dive too deep in it. And I can't really stand 10 toes on what I. I didn't follow it. I'm just being honest. So shout out to them. But did y'all hear this craziness that Suge Knight said about Ray J and Whitney and Snoop Dogg? Like I said, I don't know if Suge Knight is just behind bars and feeling like, let me just say, the wildest craziest crap I could think of so people listen to me or is he speaking facts? I'm gonna let y'all decide.