Rapper Metro Marrs Taken Into Police Custody for Making It Rain $10,000 at His Graduation Ceremony
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The 18-year-old MC, who just recently signed with Migos and Lil Yachty s label home Quality Control, was reportedly being held in jail for inciting a riot and disorderly conduct. May 26, 2021
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Metro Marrs had a run-in with the law over his recent stunt. After making it rain $10,000 in cash at his graduation ceremony on Friday, May, 21, the Bye Felicia spitter was taken into police custody.
In a video surfacing online, the 18-year-old MC could be seen pulling out wads of cash from his pants on the stage and throwing the bills in front of his fellow graduates. While his pals were thrilled, Langston Hughes High School officials were reportedly not happy with it.
One of Quality Control Music s newest signees, rapper Metro Marrs, appears to have been arrested at his high school graduation last week for throwing money on stage.
In video footage that has been making its rounds on social media, Metro was handcuffed after reportedly throwing $10,000 in cash on stage at his commencement ceremony at Langston Hughes High School in Fairburn, Ga., about 25 minutes away from Atlanta.
In a nearly minute-long clip, Metro is seen being detained by officers who are presumed to be from the Fulton County Schools Police Department. A male voice is heard saying, At the graduation. The man then yells for Metro to hand over a large wad of cash as one of the arresting officers instructs the 18-year-old rapper, born Marques Smith, to do the same. The same officer then informs the man behind the camera that Metro will not be marching out of the ceremony with the graduating class. The man obliges while people start chanting, Let him go, which can be heard
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Quality Control artists like Lil Yachty, Lil Baby, and Migos have become known for major flexes, but one of their labelmate’s stunts landed him in some hot water.
Metro Marrs is one of Quality Control’s bubbling young acts who recently graduated from Langston Hughes High School in Atlanta, Georgia. As he was walking across the stage, Marrs decided to put some of that advance money to use by throwing a total of $10,000 in the air to his classmates.
As expected, his peers went wild. While they were scrambling to catch the cash, Marrs was grabbed and escorted from the outdoor graduation by on-sight police officers. He was reportedly detained and hit with a charge for inciting the riot. After spending a few hours in the precinct, Marrs was released and will be subjected to a fined ticket.
Metro Marrs was busted for making it rain at his own graduation.
The Quality Control rapper graduated from Langston Hughes High School in Atlanta on Friday and celebrated by pulling out $10,000 in cash and throwing it all over the stage. His fellow grads went wild, cheering him on, but school officials were not happy.
Police handcuffed the 18-year-old and escorted him out of the commencement ceremony. He was detained for attempting to start a riot and disorderly conduct, and ticketed for the offense.
Video of his stunt when viral on social media where fans shared their support and praise for the “Bye Felicia” hitmaker. “I wonder if his major was marketing…Either way this was genius!” one wrote.