ATLANTA (AP) — The rapper often known as Rod Wave faces greater than a dozen expenses, some involving a gun, after he turned himself in to sheriff’s officers in Georgia on Tuesday.
Wave, whose actual identify is Rodarius Inexperienced, voluntarily surrendered to the Fulton County Sheriff’s Workplace on warrants stemming from an April 21 police name within the Atlanta suburb of Milton, police there mentioned.
“There is no truth to these charges,” the rapper’s legal professionals Drew Findling and Marissa Goldberg mentioned in an announcement to The Related Press.
“Rod Green was a victim of a burglary and committed no crimes,” they said. “How he was even charged as a result of this situation is incomprehensible. This will absolutely be resolved favorably to Mr. Green.”
Milton police responded to a house within the city north of Atlanta after a 911 report described “a possible domestic disturbance,” police mentioned in an announcement.
Officers decided that the decision was associated to a beforehand unreported housebreaking and the discharge of a firearm on the location, police mentioned. They later obtained arrest warrants for Inexperienced, who was a resident of the house.
The costs embody aggravated assault, conspiracy to commit a felony, legal harm to property and pointing or aiming a gun at somebody, and obstructing legislation officers, Fulton County Jail data present. He is additionally accused of tampering with proof — a felony — and obstructing legislation officers.
He was launched on bond shortly after turning himself on the identical day, Tuesday, authorities mentioned.
The 26-year-old Florida rapper is well known for his soul-trap sound, a novel melding of R&B and rap that has earned him 11 singles licensed platinum by the Recording Trade Affiliation of America. 4 of his six albums hit No. 1 on Billboard’s high R&B/hip-hop albums chart, together with his most up-to-date, 2024’s “Last Lap.”
This yr, he contributed the sing-song title monitor rap “Sinners” to Ryan Coogler’s record-breaking, critically acclaimed blockbuster of the identical identify.
Inexperienced grew up in St. Petersburg, Florida, the place he has had not less than one previous scrape with the legislation earlier than a home battery cost was dismissed in 2022.
An ex-girlfriend had accused Inexperienced of coming into her house within the Orlando space and choking her whereas their two kids have been in one other room, in response to an arrest warrant. The 2 had dated for about 4 years, and the girlfriend informed investigators that Inexperienced accused her of seeing different males whereas they have been damaged up.
Prosecutors later informed court docket officers that the case was not appropriate for prosecution.
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Related Press Author Maria Sherman in New York and Kate Brumback in Atlanta contributed.
