ASAP Rocky has been giving evidence at his trial in Sweden where he has been accused of assaulting a 19-year-old man.
He told the court: “There’s a million things that we could have did, but we decided to walk away.”
The US rapper, real name Rakim Mayers, is on trial with two members of his entourage after a fight in Stockholm.
The 30-year-old performer, Bladimir Corniel and David Rispers have pleaded not guilty and said they were acting in self-defence.
ASAP Rocky answered questions from the prosecution.
He told the court that he and his team had felt threatened by the people they clashed with and said he is not looking for money but wants justice and for his name to be cleared.
The rapper told the court: “These guys were, you know, their behaviour was very weird and we didn’t know what to expect. It got a little scary for us. I couldn’t help but assume that these guys were under the influence of some type of drugs.”
He was asked to tell the court what happened outside the Max burger chain on 30 June.
He said his security guard tried lots of “tactics” to scare away the alleged victim but it didn’t work. So that’s why they all walked away in the first instance.
“When we walked away, we were followed,” he told the court.
ASAP Rocky said his security guard follows protocol and was trying to protect the rapper “at all costs”.
He was also shown footage of himself holding a bottle.
The rapper didn’t deny he is holding a glass bottle in his hand – but says he picked it up briefly before putting it back down.
The prosecution claimed this was used in the fight, but the US star insisted he didn’t use it to hurt the alleged victim.
ASAP Rocky was questioned on what he did in the fight and admitted to punching the arm of the teenager.