A$AP Rocky turned down a final prosecution plea offer of 180 days in jail, risking 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,

A$AP Rocky rejected a six-month jail sentence and plea deal from prosecutors Tuesday in his ongoing assault case, a little over two years after being charged with opening fire on former friend and collaborator A$AP Relli.

The rapper and globe-trotting fashion fixture stands accused of firing shots at a onetime friend. His long-awaited trial in the case has already provided tabloid fodder.