Rod Wave Arrested After Alleged April Shooting at Atlanta-Area Home

Rodarius “Rod Wave” Green, 26, is shown after surrendering on May 20 to the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office on charges that he fired 14 rounds inside a Milton home.

Deputies arriving at an upscale Milton home on April 21 were met by a scene of luxury SUVs marked by bullet holes and a safe that appeared to have been forcibly moved across a basement floor. The incident allegedly involved rapper Rodarius “Rod Wave” Green, 26, who is accused of opening fire during a dispute over property reportedly stolen in a prior burglary.

Green voluntarily surrendered to the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday and posted a $50,000 bond later that day. Court records unsealed in Superior Court charge him with 14 counts — including aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, pointing a pistol at another, criminal damage to property, tampering with evidence and obstruction of law enforcement — after he allegedly fired 14 rounds indoors.

According to the affidavit, deputies found 11 bullets in an associate’s 2025 Mercedes-Benz G-Class, one in Green’s 2022 Rolls-Royce Cullinan, one lodged in a basement wall and one missing. “In the basement, we found a large safe that had been dragged across the floor, opened and emptied,” an officer wrote.

“There is no truth to these charges,” attorneys Drew Findling and Marissa Goldberg said in a joint statement. “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.”

Green first broke through in 2019 when “Heart on Ice” went viral on TikTok and climbed the Billboard Hot 100, establishing his confessional style in hip-hop. He has since released four albums that reached No. 1 on Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart—"SoulFly," "Beautiful Mind," "Nostalgia," and "Last Lap" —and earned numerous RIAA-certified platinum singles.

Despite this arrest, Green remains musically active: he contributed the title track “Sinners” to the soundtrack of the Michael B. Jordan film Sinners , and his sixth studio album, “Last Lap,” debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 in October.

His legal history includes a weapons arrest in Manatee County, Fla., in April 2024, which was dropped after authorities acknowledged an error , and a 2022 battery charge that was dismissed for lack of prosecutorial merit.

The investigation by the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office is ongoing.

Kid Cudi Expected on Stand as Diddy Faces Coercion Charges

Kid Cudi’s “Neverland” album artwork. The Grammy-winning rapper is expected to testify this week in the federal sex-trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs in Manhattan. (Courtesy Republic Records)

Grammy-winning artist Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi is expected to take the witness stand Wednesday in the federal sex-trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs, court documents and ABC News updates confirm. His testimony follows emotional accounts from Cassie Ventura’s mother and a male escort, underlining prosecutors’ charge that Combs used threats and intimidation to control women.

Prosecutors say Combs, 54, led an “enterprise that abused, threatened and coerced women into prolonged, drug-fueled sexual ‘freak offs,’ ” then brandished evidence — from videotapes to defaced rifle parts — to silence them. Ventura testified she briefly dated Cudi before Combs allegedly threatened both of them, a key element of the government’s coercion claim.

On Tuesday, Regina Ventura described receiving a “disturbing” December 2011 email from her daughter in which Cassie said Combs threatened to release explicit tapes and harm both women. “I was physically sick,” Regina Ventura told the jury. She also recounted photographing her daughter’s bruises to “memorialize” the abuse.

Later, exotic dancer Sharay Hayes, known as “The Punisher,” testified that Combs directed “sexy scenes” between Hayes and Ventura, often supplying baby oil and specific lighting instructions. Hayes said he was paid $1,200–$2,000 per encounter and that on one occasion Combs threw condoms at him, declaring, “I’m ready to see you f— her,” though Hayes could not comply under the pressure.

Federal agents then described discovering AR-15–style rifle receivers, ammunition and lingerie on the same shelving unit during a March 2024 Miami Beach raid. Homeland Security Special Agent Gerard Gannon demonstrated how serial numbers had been defaced, suggesting attempts to intimidate.

Cudi’s anticipated testimony follows defense arguments that Combs’ relationships were consensual and part of a swinger lifestyle. Combs has pleaded not guilty to sex-trafficking by force, transportation to engage in prostitution and racketeering conspiracy. The trial continues Wednesday with further testimony from Agent Gannon, psychologist Dawn Hughes and former assistant George Kaplan, before Cudi takes the stand.

Megan Thee Stallion Dismisses ‘New Evidence’ in Lanez Shooting Case, Calls Out Harassment

Megan Thee Stallion on Monday dismissed what Tory Lanez’s legal team calls “new evidence” in his 2020 shooting case and rebuked ongoing harassment — days after Lanez, born Daystar Peterson, was stabbed 14 times in prison.

On TikTok, Megan — born Megan Pete — demanded an end to “living this s--t over and over.” “Facts are facts, he did it, it was proven in court,” she wrote. “Tory, you shot me ! ! ! Ain’t no new f---ing evidence. Y’all been saying the same s--- for years.”

Rapper Megan Thee Stallion reacts on TikTok to alleged “new evidence” in Tory Lanez’s shooting case—urging fans to stop “harassing” her just days after Lanez survived a stabbing in prison. (Courtesy TikTok/theestallion)

Lanez’s lawyers last week filed an amended criminal‐defamation claim hinging on testimony from a former bodyguard. That witness alleges he overheard Kelsey Harris — Megan’s onetime friend — admit to handling the gun the night Pete was shot in July 2020. 

The filing comes on the heels of Lanez’s May 12 stabbing at California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi, where inmate Santino Casio — serving life for murder — allegedly slashed him in the face, torso, back and head. Observers say the attack may have spurred Lanez’s team to renew efforts to contest his conviction.

Megan has consistently declined to revisit that night. Her TikTok salvo continued: “At what point are y’all gonna stop making me have to re-live being shot by Tory !? At what point are Tory and y’all fans gonna stop lying? Like, how much is the check to keep harassing me? Leave me TF alone ! ! !”

In December 2022, Lanez was found guilty of assault with a semiautomatic firearm after a dispute outside a Hollywood Hills party. He’s serving a 10-year state sentence — eligible for parole in 2029 — and faces dozens of civil suits from shooting‐related claimants.

Megan’s post closed on gratitude: despite the pain, “I’m good spirits and deeply thankful to God that I’m pulling through,” she said, echoing the Instagram update Lanez’s team issued from his hospital bed after the prison attack.