Other charges include reckless driving and possession of controlled substances.

ATLANTA, Georgia — Grammy-nominated rapper and St. Pete native, Rod Wave, was arrested Friday in Georgia on drug and gun charges.

Police in Atlanta say Rod Wave, whose real name is Rodarius Green, also faces other charges, including reckless driving, possession of controlled substances and possession of a gun or knife during an attempt to commit felonies. 

Jail records show he was released this weekend. 

Green was arrested not long after being nominated for his first Grammy. According to The Recording Academy, Green was nominated for Best Song Written for Visual Media for his contributions to “Sinners,” a song for the 2025 movie of the same title. 

Rod Wave was previously arrested in 2022 for a traffic infraction, but later, an investigation discovered he had an outstanding December 2021 warrant out of Osceola County for battery by strangulation. 

In 2024, Rod Wave was also at the center of a shooting investigation where three men with ties to the rapper were arrested. 

Police said the three men took off from the scene after the shooting to a rented house located off 500 Palm Avenue. Both the vehicle and the rented house were reportedly under rapper Rod Wave’s real name.

Officers on the scene of the shooting reportedly recovered 60 bullet casings.

St. Pete police performed a search warrant in the house where they found two assault rifles, marijuana and other evidence.

Officers then discovered another home rented by Green in Palmetto. With the assistance of the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office and the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office, authorities performed a search warrant in that home.

While preparing for the search warrant, detectives saw several people leaving the home. Authorities on the scene arrested the people who reportedly had a firearm on them at the time. Deputies said they located other assault rifles and a handgun inside the home. There was also a BMW discovered on the side of the house that has ties to other shootings that have taken place in the city.

10 Tampa Bay News’ Emerald Morrow contributed to this report.