Rapper Rod Wave, greatest identified for songs together with Road Runner and Coronary heart On Ice, was arrested on the day he obtained his first ever Grammy nomination.
Born Rodarius Marcell Inexperienced, the 27-year-old American rapper, singer, and songwriter was taken into custody by the Atlanta Police Division on 4 fees on Friday November 7, having been nominated for a Grammy in one of the best music written for visible media class for Sinners, the title observe from the horror movie of the identical identify.
The 4 fees included possession of a firearm or knife in the course of the fee of a crime, possession of a managed substance, and reckless driving, in line with TMZ.
A spokesperson for the Milton Police Division advised the Day by day Mail authorities responded to ‘a doable home disturbance’ at an area residence.
Upon arriving, officers decided the incident concerned ‘a beforehand unreported housebreaking and the next discharge of a firearm’.
The investigation into the incident stays ongoing.
He reportedly turned himself in, and Folks studies Inexperienced was launched from police custody on Saturday November 8.
Wave’s attorneys, Drew Findling, Marissa Goldberg and Zack Findling, stated the rapper ‘was unjustly profiled and unlawfully arrested in Atlanta’.
‘The arresting officer belongs to the Atlanta Police Division’s controversial Crime Suppression Unit — a bunch identified for its aggressive techniques and emphasis on excessive arrest numbers reasonably than real public security,’ they added.
They stated the arrest was made due to the unit’s ‘quota-driven strategy’ and that they appeared ahead to clearing ‘violations of [his] rights in courtroom’.
Drew Findling advised TMZ that his shopper had already made his first courtroom look and was launched on a bond of $8,000 (£6,079).
This isn’t Inexperienced’s first jail time this 12 months, as he was arrested and charged with 14 counts together with aggravated assault, possession of a firearm and felony tampering with proof in Could.
The musician was detained in Fulton County, Georgia and launched on a $50,000 (£37,000) bond.
The arrest was linked to an incident that passed off on April 21 when the rapper ‘returned to his residence following a housebreaking’, reported Selection on the time.
‘At his residence, an argument ensued, and a pistol was fired 14 occasions, hanging a number of automobiles and a wall within the residence.’
In a press release offered to Selection on the time, Inexperienced’s legal professional Drew Findling stated: ‘There isn’t a reality to those fees [against his client]. Rod Inexperienced was a sufferer of a housebreaking and dedicated no crimes. How he was even charged because of this case is meaningless. This can completely be resolved favourably to Mr. Inexperienced.’
Inexperienced had beforehand been arrested for possession of ammunition or a weapon in Florida in April 2024 after police suspected he’d been concerned in a gang-related capturing that left 4 injured.
In 2022, he was additionally arrested and charged with battery by strangulation in the identical state after being accused of choking an ex-girlfriend whereas their two kids have been inside the house.
The case was not prosecuted, because the cost was later dismissed, together with his lawyer calling the incident a ‘misunderstanding’.
Inexperienced is reported to be the twenty first highest-grossing touring rapper of all time, incomes $36 million from 31 exhibits.
He first rose to fame in 2019 together with his single Coronary heart on Ice, which went viral on TikTok earlier than peaking at quantity 25 on the Billboard Sizzling 100.
His debut studio album Ghetto Gospel then went on to peak at quantity ten on the US Billboard 200. Within the 5 years since he’s launched an extra 5 albums, the latest being 2024’s Final Lap.
That launch debuted at quantity two on the Billboard 200, marking his seventh consecutive prime 10 album, and making him the one male artist to launch a prime ten album every year from 2019 to 2024.
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