Rapper Troy Ave has pleaded not guilty to a series of charges connected to a fatal shooting at a recent TI concert.

Ronald McPhatter died at the Irving Plaza venue in New York on Thursday after being shot.

Troy Ave - real name Roland Collins - was charged with a number of offences, including attempted murder.

Police may include a murder charge once tests are carried out on a gun used during the incident.

Troy Ave is accused of "recklessly firing a gun five times in a crowded venue" before shooting himself in the leg.

His defence lawyer, however, says someone else killed the man and shot the rapper in the leg.

He said: "What really happened here is Mr Collins here is the real victim.

"The person who was killed at this event, he died a hero. He was his bodyguard. He wasn't shot by Mr Collins. He was a lifelong friend."

CCTV footage from the venue released by the NYPD showed Troy Ave entering the venue and shooting, prosecutors say.

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Watch the CCTV footage below: