Rapper A$AP Rocky has been arrested over a street brawl in Sweden.

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

Swedish prosecutors said the the 30-year-old, real name Rakim Meyers, and three members of his team had been arrested just hours after his appearance at a hip-hop festival in Stockholm last night.

He is accused of severe assault outside the burger restaurant on Sunday night, but has hit back with his own video in which he accuses two mystery men of starting the row by following him and punching his bodyguard.

The artist, who is due to perform in Norway tonight, is expected to be held in jail until Friday when he will appear in court.

His camp told MailOnline that Swedish police were 'making an example' of him, saying the row could have 'major repercussions' for his career.

The rapper has posted his own footage of the confrontation, showing one of the men feuding with his bodyguard (left), and telling the camera (right) that 'we don't want no problems'

Lawyers acting for the singer fear he could be held in custody until August - ruining his European tour which includes his headline appearance at the Wireless Festival in Finsbury Park in London.

Protesting his innocence, A$AP said he and his team were pursued by the two men who had 'kept following us' 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.

The footage shows A$AP's bodyguard telling the two men to go away - which they seemingly refuse to do.

'Just for the cameras, we don't want no problems with these boys, they keep following us,' the artist says.

At one stage, the two men disappear down a side road but are back moments later, while a woman tries to defuse the tension.

'I could really beat the s*** out of him,' one of A$AP's group is heard to say.

Rapper A$AP Rocky (pictured performing in Paris, France, last Thursday) has been arrested over a fight in Sweden

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)

A woman is also heard accusing one of the mystery men of touching her inappropriately.

That claim was echoed by the rapper, who said the stalkers had been 'slapping girls' b***s who passed'.

A$AP's video cuts out before the fight begins, but footage published by TMZ seemingly showed his group picking up one of the men and tossing him to the floor.

His colleagues are then seen kicking and punching the man in the head as he lies on the ground.

According to Swedish media, police have spoken to the man who was hurled to the ground, who had cuts on both his arms.

A$AP was arrested at 1am on Wednesday morning.

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)

'One person was arrested for assault and three people were arrested for serious assault, and the artist is one of those three,' a prosecution spokeswoman said.

The rapper was performing last night and was due to appear again this evening, but tonight's show in Oslo has been canceled.

'Swedish police have decided to make an example of ASAP,' a source close to the rapper told MailOnline.

'He was caught up in a street fight a couple of days ago, but that was not his fault.

'But because footage of the incident was so widely shared on social media Swedish authorities have decided to make an example of him.

'Now he faces being held in jail until a full court hearing in August – which will totally jeopardize his music career.

Prosecutors say that the the 30-year-old (pictured in France), real name Rakim Meyers, and three members of his entourage had been arrested

'ASAP is meant to performing in Norway tonight, which has to be canceled. Next it's Poland, then Ireland and he is meant to be headling at the Wireless Festival in Finsbury Park, London, on Sunday.

'This has major repercussions for his whole career.'

The source added: 'Rocky agreed to go to give a statement with the guys he was with but they were met by an army of police officers.

'He had a lawyer with him and he expected to give a statement. But he was arrested at 1am and has been in a police cell ever since.'

In a previous incident in 2013, A$AP was accused of slapping a woman during a 2013 concert in Philadelphia.

The case was settled in 2015.

He was involved in another legal battle later that year when a woman claimed she had been injured when another of the A$AP Mob jumped into the crowd and landed on her.