Oftentimes, a hip-hop producer rises to popularity using a distinctive sound-but Metro-originally from St.
His credits are gilded with nearly every current rap star and many respected underground artists.
In the last two years he executive produced Drake and Future’s #1 commercial effort, What A Time To Be Alive, as well as Future’s mixtapes Monster, DS2, and Purple Reign. The tag is 22-year- old Metro Boomin’s calling card.įor Metro Boomin, aka Leland Tyler Wayne, the viral phenomenon added yet another layer to his fame. On the second track of Kanye West’s seventh album, The Life of Pablo, after the opening sample, a tag rings out: “If young Metro don’t trust you I’m gon’ shoot you.” Those ten words, contagiously delivered by rapper- and former Flaunt cover star-Future, have since been endlessly memed into pop culture immortality, often accompanying Vine or Instagram clips.