Singer’s lawyer tells Rolling Stone that artist was victim of a burglary. “How he was even charged as a result of this situation is incomprehensible,” attorney says
Police in Fulton County, Georgia, arrested Rod Wave, the 26-year-old trap crooner whose real name is Rodarius Green, on Wednesday. Green was booked and released on bond the same day.
The artist is facing 14 charges, including aggravated assault, possessing and aiming a gun at someone, reckless conduct, conspiracy to commit a felony, and simple assault, among others. Each of the alleged incidents took place on April 21, according to arrest records obtained by Rolling Stone. The total amount of Green’s bonds costs $50,000.
“There is no truth to these charges,” Drew Findling, Green’s lawyer, tells Rolling Stone. “Rod Green was a victim of a burglary and committed no crimes. How he was even charged as a result of this situation is incomprehensible. This will absolutely be resolved favorably to Mr. Green.”
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A rep for the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office, which listed Green’s arrest record, referred Rolling Stone to the Milton Police Department. A Milton rep was not available to comment.
Green’s most recent album, Last Lap, came out in October and made it up to Number Two on the Billboard 200. His most recent single, “Sinners,” is the eponymous song on the soundtrack for the hit movie, Sinners, and recently made it up to Number 23 on Billboard’s R&B and Hip-Hop chart. “Ryan [Coogler] is one of my favorite directors out, from Fruitvale Station to Black Panther,” Wave said in a statement when the song came out last month. “When I heard that he wanted to work with me, I was excited by the opportunity to enter his world. I connected with the movie instantly when I watched it.”