The Maui News - Weekender

Celebs push for A$AP Rocky’s release

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NEW YORK — Following an outcry from celebritie­s and a Change.org petition with half a million signatures, U.S. Rep. Adriano Espaillat is pushing for the release of A$AP Rocky, who has been behind bars in Sweden while police investigat­e a fight.

Last week a Swedish court ordered the rapper to spend two weeks in pre-trial detention while police investigat­e the June 30 fight in Stockholm. After the news broke, the movement #JusticeFor­Rocky pushing for the rapper’s release trended on social media.

The New York Democrat said Friday in a statement to The Associated Press that he was pushing to help Rocky come home. He writes, “I will continue fighting until A$AP Rocky is released from Swedish prison and brought back.”

Diddy, Justin Bieber, Shawn Mendes and Nicki Minaj are some of the celebritie­s to show public support to the Grammynomi­nated Rocky.

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