Rapper Rod Wave faces more than a dozen charges, some involving a gun, in Georgia

ATLANTA – The rapper known arsenic Rod Wave faces much than a twelve charges, immoderate involving a gun, aft helium turned himself successful to sheriff's officials successful Georgia connected Tuesday.

Wave, whose existent sanction is Rodarius Green, voluntarily surrendered to the Fulton County Sheriff's Office connected warrants stemming from an April 21 constabulary telephone successful the Atlanta suburb of Milton, constabulary determination said.

“There is nary information to these charges,” the rapper’s lawyers Drew Findling and Marissa Goldberg said successful a connection to The Associated Press.

“Rod Green was a unfortunate of a burglary and committed nary crimes," they said. "How helium was adjacent charged arsenic a effect of this concern is incomprehensible. This volition perfectly beryllium resolved favorably to Mr. Green.”

Milton constabulary responded to a location successful the municipality northbound of Atlanta aft a 911 study described “a imaginable home disturbance,” constabulary said successful a statement.

Officers determined that the telephone was related to a antecedently unreported burglary and the discharge of a firearm astatine the location, constabulary said. They aboriginal obtained apprehension warrants for Green, who was a nonmigratory of the home.

The charges see aggravated assault, conspiracy to perpetrate a felony, transgression harm to spot and pointing oregon aiming a weapon astatine someone, and obstructing instrumentality officers, Fulton County Jail records show. He's besides accused of tampering with grounds — a felony — and obstructing instrumentality officers.

He was released connected enslaved soon aft turning himself connected the aforesaid day, Tuesday, authorities said.

The 26-year-old Florida rapper is celebrated for his soul-trap sound, a unsocial melding of R&B and rap that has earned him 11 singles certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. Four of his six albums deed No. 1 connected Billboard’s apical R&B/hip-hop albums chart, including his astir recent, 2024’s “Last Lap.”

This year, helium contributed the sing-song rubric way rap “Sinners” to Ryan Coogler’s record-breaking, critically acclaimed blockbuster of the aforesaid name.

Green grew up successful St. Petersburg, Florida, wherever helium has had astatine slightest 1 past scrape with the instrumentality earlier a home artillery complaint was dismissed successful 2022.

An ex-girlfriend had accused Green of entering her location successful the Orlando country and choking her portion their 2 children were successful different room, according to an apprehension warrant. The 2 had dated for astir 4 years, and the woman told investigators that Green accused her of seeing different men portion they were breached up.

Prosecutors aboriginal told tribunal officials that the lawsuit was not suitable for prosecution.

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Associated Press Writer Maria Sherman successful New York and Kate Brumback successful Atlanta contributed.

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