50 Fun Facts About Metro Boomin

How did billboards in Atlanta and New York depict Metro Boomin just before his 2018 debut album?

As a missing person: the billboards were a teaser for Not All Heroes Wear Capes, an album he had been working on since 2015. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200.

Which actor narrates Metro Boomin and 21 Savage's Savage Mode II, whose trailer he voiced on his iPhone?

Morgan Freeman returned two years later as a narrator of Heroes & Villains, sharing the job with ASAP Rocky.

Which rapper's Father Stretch My Hands, Pt. 1 made Metro Boomin's best-known producer tag famous?

Kanye West made the track with Metro, Mike Dean and Rick Rubin for The Life of Pablo, building it over a gospel recording by the preacher T. L. Barrett.

Which Migos single featuring Lil Uzi Vert was Metro Boomin's first production to top the Billboard Hot 100?

Bad and Boujee climbed to number one in January 2017 after Donald Glover gave it a shout-out at the Golden Globes.

Which single with Future and Kendrick Lamar gave Metro Boomin his first Hot 100 number one as an artist?

Like That debuted at number one and stayed there for three weeks, driven by a surprise guest spot aimed at Drake and J. Cole.

Which Metro Boomin single with the Weeknd and 21 Savage remakes the 2004 Mario Winans hit I Don't Wanna Know?

Creepin' brought Mario Winans himself back as a backing vocalist, and it peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100.

In which city was Metro Boomin born and raised before he moved to Atlanta after his high school graduation?

St. Louis is where he went to Parkway North High School, turning out five beats a day while he was still a student.

Which 2023 animated film has a soundtrack curated by Metro Boomin, who also voices a version of its hero?

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse features him as Metro Spider-Man, and he has credits on 10 of the soundtrack's 13 songs.

Which artist's diamond-certified hit Congratulations, featuring Quavo, did Metro Boomin help to produce?

Post Malone and his producers were watching the 2016 Summer Olympics during the sessions, which pushed them to write something triumphant.

What did Metro Boomin announce on Instagram in April 2018, seven months before his first studio album?

His retirement did not last: he changed his bio to read retired record producer and DJ, yet within months had credits on two albums that debuted in the Billboard 200's top two.

Which collaborative album did Metro Boomin, 21 Savage and Offset release on Halloween 2017?

Without Warning was announced by Epic Records only one day earlier, and it debuted at number four on the Billboard 200.

Which rapper joined Metro Boomin for the 2017 album Double or Nothing after their hit Bounce Back?

Big Sean has said Metro pushed him to freestyle and record whatever came to mind first, instead of overthinking his lines.

Which rock band's 1975 album cover inspired the artwork of Metro Boomin's Heroes & Villains?

Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here sleeve was the model for a cover that Metro said had two sides, a Hero side and a Villain side.

Which weekday titles the iLoveMakonnen hit that Metro Boomin co-produced and Drake remixed in 2014?

Tuesday reached number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100, and Makonnen signed with Drake's OVO Sound label weeks after the remix appeared.

Which Future single produced by Metro Boomin is built on the 1976 recording Prison Song?

Mask Off first charted as an album track before its release as a single, and it stood as Future's highest-charting single until 2020.

Which hip-hop sub-genre does Metro Boomin fill with rattling percussion and dark, gothic melodies?

Trap is his home ground, but he stepped outside it to produce four tracks for the Weeknd's 1980s-inspired album After Hours.

For which video game did Metro Boomin produce a lobby theme released in November 2023 during its Season OG?

Fortnite used it as the lobby theme of Chapter 4 Season OG, the season that brought back the game's original map.

What did Metro Boomin vow in January 2024 not to do until his joint album with Future was turned in?

Cut his hair: he made the promise in a tweet, and We Don't Trust You arrived two months later, in March 2024.

What did Metro Boomin title the diss beat he released in May 2024, with a cash prize for the best verse?

BBL Drizzy drew on an AI-generated comedy song, which Billboard called the first notable case of AI sampling in mainstream hip-hop.

Who drove a teenage Metro Boomin more than eight hours to Atlanta to work with artists he met online?

His mother made the long drive often while he was still in high school, and one early contact, Tay Don, led him to OJ da Juiceman.

Which beat-making software did Metro Boomin start on after getting a laptop in the seventh grade?

FruityLoops, now sold as FL Studio, is the program on which the mostly self-taught producer learned his craft.

Which Atlanta school did Metro Boomin enter to study business management, only to pause after one semester?

Morehouse College lost him to the studio: he found it too hard to balance schoolwork with producing for Atlanta's rappers.

Which instrument did Metro Boomin briefly play in his middle school band before he turned to making beats?

Bass guitar gave way to beats at 13, at first only because he wanted to rap and needed music to rap over.

Which 2017 mixtape did Metro Boomin make with the Canadian rapper and producer Nav?

Perfect Timing debuted at number 13 on the Billboard 200 and was certified gold three years later.

Which rapper's 2017 mixtape Droptopwop, with Offset and 2 Chainz as guests, did Metro Boomin produce?

Gucci Mane modeled the cover on the 2002 Clipse album Lord Willin', and the mixtape reached number 12 on the Billboard 200.

Metro Boomin launched Boominati Worldwide in 2017 as an imprint of which Universal Music Group label?

Republic Records became the home of Boominati, which he said he created to represent a collective of highly gifted individuals.

At which ceremony did Metro Boomin win Producer of the Year in 2016, the year of his Savage Mode EP?

BET Hip Hop Awards honors came in the year he served as an executive producer of Future's Purple Reign mixtape.

At which festival did Metro Boomin perform in April 2023, four months after releasing Heroes & Villains?

Coachella's 22nd edition came first; the following year he and Future were announced as co-headliners of Lollapalooza.

Which Metro Boomin co-production gave the Weeknd a Hot 100 number one in December 2019?

Heartless was his second number-one production, and he helped produce three more songs on the album After Hours.

Which Metro Boomin and Offset single climbed to number 13 on the Hot 100 after a video starring its namesake?

Ric Flair Drip had first charted at number 71 as an album track, and it is credited with popularizing drip as slang for stylish excess.

Which rapper announced a joint album with Metro Boomin in 2014 that leaked in part but never came out?

Young Thug and Metro billed themselves as Metro Thuggin and put out one song, The Blanguage, but the album was never officially released.

Which rapper's top-ten hit Tunnel Vision, built on a Chilean folk recording, did Metro Boomin co-produce?

Kodak Black previewed it on Instagram from a Miami studio session with Metro, and the clip drew millions of plays before the release.

On which rapper's 2014 album The Pinkprint did Metro Boomin produce the track Want Some More?

Nicki Minaj hired him again for her 2018 album Queen, which debuted in the top two of the Billboard 200.

Which 21 Savage single, produced with Metro Boomin, led the rapper's debut studio album Issa Album?

Bank Account reached the top 20, and 21 Savage has said he built most of the beat himself before Metro stretched it out.

Which NBA star previewed songs from Metro Boomin's Double or Nothing on Instagram the day before its release?

LeBron James gave fans the first listen to an album that had only been announced a week earlier, in a Billboard interview.

What is the real name of Metro Boomin, the producer behind the Boominati Worldwide label?

Leland Wayne is one of five siblings, and he announced Heroes & Villains on his 29th birthday in September 2022.

Which Not All Heroes Wear Capes single features Gunna rapping about a Rolls-Royce Wraith?

Space Cadet nods to the Wraith's starry ceiling, and it ends with background vocals from Travis Scott, who appears on five other tracks of the album.

On which website did Metro Boomin release his debut tape, 19 & Boomin, in October 2013?

LiveMixtapes hosted a tape made up entirely of original songs, and his next solo mixtape did not follow for almost twelve years.

What cost Metro Boomin three beats meant for his joint album with Future, as he revealed in August 2023?

A power outage wiped them out during the long wait for We Don't Trust You, which he had promised for 2023 but delivered in March 2024.

What reason did Metro Boomin give for pushing Heroes & Villains back four weeks from November 2022?

Sample clearance issues were the reason he gave, though fans guessed he was avoiding Drake and 21 Savage's Her Loss, out on his original date.

Which genre shapes the first disc of We Still Don't Trust You, the double album by Metro Boomin and Future?

R&B fills disc one, with touches of synth-pop, before the second disc returns to the harder rap sound of the album released three weeks earlier.

Which superhero TV series is excerpted on On Time, the John Legend opener of Metro Boomin's Heroes & Villains?

The Boys lends an excerpt performed by Antony Starr, taken from the episode The Only Man in the Sky.

Which Future mixtape with Metro Boomin as executive producer began a trilogy that ended with 56 Nights?

Monster has just one guest rapper on the whole tape, and Future's turn to a darker sound on it is credited to Metro's production.

Which Future single, made from a beat Metro Boomin built before moving to Atlanta, led the album Honest?

Karate Chop took time to win over its own producer: Metro has said he never really liked the beat or the finished record at first.

Which singer's 1976 recording is looped on Runnin, the opener of Metro Boomin and 21 Savage's Savage Mode II?

Diana Ross is a repeat source for him: Go Legend, the opener of Double or Nothing, borrows her Theme from Mahogany.

Which design studio returned after years away to create the cover of Metro Boomin's Savage Mode II?

Pen & Pixel revived the vintage look of 1990s Cash Money and No Limit sleeves, a nod to that decade's bling rap covers.

Which producer hosts Metro Boomin's 2025 mixtape A Futuristic Summa, a tribute to Atlanta's 2010s hip-hop?

DJ Spinz goes back to Metro's early days: the two co-produced the title track of Future's 2014 album Honest.

Which Metro Boomin soundtrack song with ASAP Rocky and Roisee made the Oscar shortlist for Best Original Song?

Am I Dreaming plays over the opening of the film's closing credits, but it missed out on a final nomination.

Which lead single from Metro Boomin's 2023 film soundtrack teams him with Swae Lee and Nav?

Calling arrived two days before the album, with a video made entirely from clips of the film.

Which 2017 Metro Boomin single with Offset and Drake was released sixteen months ahead of the album it led?

No Complaints ended up as a bonus track on Not All Heroes Wear Capes, the last song on its track list.