Rocky reportedly rejected the plea deal offered in his Los Angeles gun trial because of the potential impact it would have had on his career as a rapper. TMZ reports that sources close to the 36-year-old rapper weren't interested in taking the plea bargain because it would "effectively end his career,

The outlet claims Rocky’s plea deal consisted of three years of probation, a seven-year suspended prison sentence, and 180 days served in county jail, if plead guilty to one count of assault with a semiautomatic firearm. Instead, Rocky wants to present his defense.

A$AP Rocky will face judgment from a jury of his peers in his felony assault trial—but notably, none of those peers are Black.