A$AP Rocky was today charged with assault in Sweden, despite President Trump's personal plea to the Swedish Prime Minster requesting the rapper be released.

Rocky will remain in custody in Sweden until a trial on the assault charges, the date of which has been set for 30 July.

If found guilty he could face up to two years in prison.

It comes despite President Trump's personal plea to the Swedish Prime Minster to release Rocky on bail, after Kanye West brought the rapper's plight to Trump's attention.

A$AP Rocky was today charged with assault in Sweden, despite President Trump's personal plea to the Swedish Prime Minster requesting the rapper be released. Pictured: Video grabs of the fight, posted by the Grammy-nominated star

Trump tweeted that he had enjoyed a productive call with Stefan Löfven on Saturday morning, with the pair set to talk again after the weekend about A$AP's legal woes

Footage of the fight showed the rapper, 30, and his entourage hurling a man to the ground and punching and kicking him on the floor.

Four men were arrested in the Scandinavian city, one of them, the rapper's bodyguard, was later released.

Protesting his innocence, Rocky said he and his team were pursued by the two men who had 'kept following us' for four blocks around the Swedish capital.

'We don't know these guys and we didn't want trouble,' he insisted.

His own video showed an angry confrontation with the two men, one of whom accused the rapper's entourage of breaking his headphones.

Two men (left) allegedly followed A$AP's entourage around Stockholm, claiming they had broken a pair of headphones, and were told to go away by the rapper's bodyguard (right)

The bodyguard squares up to one of the mystery men (left) before talking to them in the road where the fight would break out (right)

Swedish Prime Minister Löfven had previously acknowledged that Trump 'has a personal interest in the case' and said he would welcome a conversation with the US president, but stressed that Rocky would not receive special treatment.

Prosecutor Daniel Suneson filed charges against the Grammy-nominated artist and two others, 'having come to the conclusion that the events in question constitute a crime and despite claims of self-defense and provocation'

'I have had more material to consider than what has been available on the internet. In addition to the videotaped material there is support for the plaintiff's account through witness interrogations'.

The case has drawn international attention, with Kanye West and his wife Kim Kardahsian-West asking Trump to get the platinum-selling star released.

A$AP Rocky, real name is Rakim Mayers, has been in custody since July 3 as authorities investigate a fight he was involved in on June 30 before appearing at a music festival in Norway.

His alleged victim was today named as Mustafa Jafari.

The case has drawn international attention, with Kanye West ans his wife Kim Kardahsian-West to seek help from U.S. President Donald Trump to get the platinum-selling star released

Last week, Trump said he 'personally vouched' for A$AP Rocky's bail in a phone call with Sweden 's Prime Minister, following a vow to secure the rapper's release following a plea from Kim and Kanye. Kim, who is training to be a criminal lawyer, has lobbied the President for justice reform

Last week, Trump said he 'personally vouched' for A$AP Rocky's bail in a phone call with Sweden's Prime Minister, following a vow to secure the rapper's release at the request of Kim and Kanye.

Trump tweeted that he had enjoyed a productive call with Löfven, revealing that the pair set to talk again after the weekend about Rocky's legal woes.

'Just had a very good call with @SwedishPM Stefan Löfven who assured me that American citizen A$AP Rocky will be treated fairly,' Trump's tweet began.

'Likewise, I assured him that A$AP was not a flight risk and offered to personally vouch for his bail, or an alternative.... Our teams will be talking further, and we agreed to speak again in the next 48 hours.'

Löfven said earlier he was aware Trump 'has a personal interest in the case,' but added that while he would welcome a conversation with Trump, it was not his place to sway the prosecutors or courts.

The announcement came just hours after West is said to have called the president through a direct line to the Oval Office, urging Trump to take action.

A$AP Rocky (right) has long been friends with the Kardashian-Wests, having collaborated on songs with Kanye (second left) and dated Kim's (left) half-sister Kendall Jenner

Using her connections: Kim reportedly reached out to President Trump via Jared Kushner regarding rapper A$AP Rocky's current detention in Sweden, which many have deemed as unfair treatment. Above Kim and Kushner in June

West wanted to get 'personally involved' with A$AP's case but instead sought help from Trump, with whom he's consistently voiced admiration for publicly.

'Just spoke to @KanyeWest about his friend A$AP Rocky's incarceration,' Trump tweeted on Friday night.

'I will be calling the very talented Prime Minister of Sweden to see what we can do about helping A$AP Rocky. So many people would like to see this quickly resolved!' he wrote.

Melania Trump also said she would be working with the State Department to try to bring him home.

'We'll be working with the State Department and we hope to get him home soon,' Melania told reporters in the Oval Office while celebrating the anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.

It was a rare comment on a diplomatic and political situation from the first lady.

'Many, many members of the African-American community have called me, friends of mine, and said can you help. I personally don't know A$AP Rocky but he has tremendous support from the African-American community in this country,' Trump said.

'When I say African-American, I think I can really say from everyone in this country because we're all one. I have been called by so many people asking me to help A$AP Rocky. Actually the one who knew about A$AP Rocky was our first lady. Right? She was telling me about,' he added.

'Sweden is a great country. They are friends of mine. The leadership. And we are going to be calling, we'll be talking to them. We've already started,' the president said.

Kim Kardashian-West, who is training as a lawyer after rebranding as a justice campaigner, thanked Trump and White House staff for their 'efforts to Free ASAP Rocky & his two friends.'

Kim Kardashian has contacted the White House about his release and thanked President Trump, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and White House Counselor Jared Kushner via Twitter

Meyers' supporters gathered outside the courtroom with their heads bowed in protest while a judge ruled that he should be held in custody

She said their 'commitment to justice reform is so appreciated.'

The reality TV star and businesswoman has spoken to Trump on multiple occasions about justice reform in the US. Her half-sister Kendall Jenner was previously romantically linked to Rocky.

The rapper, who is in the midst of a European tour, has already been forced to cancel shows in Norway, Poland, Ireland and Britain because of the arrest.

An online petition called #JusticeForRocky has garnered more than 620,000 signatures, and posters emblazoned with 'Free ASAP Rocky ASAP' have been put up around Stockholm.

Artists including Post Malone, Sean 'Diddy' Combs, Nicki Minaj, Meek Mill and Justin Bieber have all voiced their support for Mayers, with rapper Tyler, the Creator saying he would no longer perform in Sweden.

Rapper Travis Scott shouted 'Free Rocky' during his performance at the Wireless Festival in London, a festival where ASAP Rocky was scheduled to perform.

The star's lawyer, Alan Jackson, said: 'President Trump has made bringing home unjustly held Americans a top priority for his administration. The State Department's interest in the case gives us great hope for Rocky's situation.

'Secretary Pompeo and Ambassador O'Brien have been relentless in their diplomatic efforts on behalf of American citizens being held all over the world. Rocky's millions of fans worldwide are putting their trust in the State Department to get Rocky home.'

Rocky was born in New York and had a breakthrough in 2011 with the release of the mixtape 'Live. Love. A$AP'. He followed that up in 2013 with the debut album 'Long. Live. A$AP'.