50 free Rod Wave trivia questions with answers — music quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
40 free Rod Wave trivia questions with answers. Rod Wave trivia for fans who have every album on repeat. These 50 questions follow Rodarius Green from Lakewood High School in St. Petersburg, Florida, through the mixtapes and the TikTok explosion of 'Heart on Ice', to a run of chart-topping albums that only Taylor Swift could match: SoulFly, Beautiful Mind and Nostalgia, plus Ghetto Gospel, Pray 4 Love, Jupiter's Diary and Last Lap. You will find the singles and their Hot 100 peaks ('Rags2Riches', 'Street Runner', 'Tombstone', 'By Your Side', 'Fight the Feeling', 'Call Your Friends', 'Boyz Don't Cry'), the features (Lil Baby, Polo G, 21 Savage, Lil Durk), the tours, the influences he names (Tupac, Adele, Ed Sheeran), the Kevin Gates connection, the label he called out publicly, the Fallon performance and the 2025 movie single. Every answer is checked against a documented source. No lyrics are quoted, so it is safe for a group chat, a fan page or a road trip.
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Q 01What is Rod Wave's real name?
Rodarius Marcell Green
He was born on August 27, 1998; his father, Rodney 'Fatz' Green, bought him his first microphone.
Q 02Rod Wave was born and raised in which Florida city?
St. Petersburg
He attended Lakewood Elementary and Lakewood High School there and made All-State Elementary Chorus in 2009 and 2010.
Q 03Rod Wave is recognised as a pioneer of which sub-genre?
Trap-soul
Critics praise his strong singing voice and his blend of hip hop and R&B.
Q 04Which record label signed Rod Wave in 2018?
Alamo Records
In January 2021 he publicly called the label out for not paying him and threatened to hold back SoulFly.
Q 05What was the title of Rod Wave's first mixtape, released in 2015?
Rookie of the Year
The Hunger Games trilogy followed, with the last two instalments coming out on Alamo.
Q 06'Heart on Ice', the song that broke Rod Wave, first appeared on which 2019 mixtape?
PTSD
The tape came out on June 14, 2019; a juvenile counsellor had once told him he suffered from PTSD.
Q 07'Heart on Ice' went viral on which platform before peaking at number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100?
TikTok
An official remix featured Lil Durk and served as a single for the debut album.
Q 08Which rapper took Rod Wave on tour as a supporting act in 2019 and executive-produced his debut album?
Kevin Gates
Rod Wave said the I'm Him Tour taught him 'how big the world was' and made him humbler.
Q 09Where did Ghetto Gospel, the debut album, peak on the Billboard 200 albums chart?
10
Its singles included the 'Heart on Ice' remix with Lil Durk, 'Cuban Links' with Kevin Gates and 'Close Enough to Hurt'.
Q 10Pray 4 Love, released April 3, 2020, debuted at what position on the Billboard 200 albums chart?
2
Six singles preceded it, including 'Dark Clouds', 'Thug Motivation' and 'Girl of My Dreams'.
Q 11'Rags2Riches', from Pray 4 Love, features which artist on the original version?
ATR Son Son
The remix added Lil Baby; the song reached number 12 on the Hot 100, his highest chart peak at the time.
Q 12Rod Wave was the first artist in which streaming service's 'Up Now' programme in April 2020?
Audiomack
He said the service had helped get his music out 'before people really knew who I was'.
Q 13Which album gave Rod Wave his first number one on the Billboard 200 in March 2021?
SoulFly
It moved 130,000 album-equivalent units in its first week and was the most pre-saved album on Apple Music for two weeks.
Q 21'Fight the Feeling', the lead single from Nostalgia, peaked at what position on the Hot 100?
16
'Call Your Friends' reached 18 and 'Come See Me' 19 in the run-up to the album.
Q 22Which three artists have guest appearances on Nostalgia?
Wet, 21 Savage and Sadie Jean
All eighteen tracks on the album charted on the Hot 100.
Q 23How many album-equivalent units did Nostalgia move in its first week to debut at number one?
137,000
Only 1,500 of those were pure album sales; it stayed at number one for a second week.
Q 14Which two singles from the 2021 album both reached the top 20 of the Hot 100, his highest-charting hits?
Street Runner and Tombstone
He performed 'Tombstone' on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in April 2021.
Q 15Which rapper features on 'Richer', a single from the 2021 album?
Polo G
SoulFly was preceded by three singles: 'Street Runner', 'Tombstone' and 'Richer'.
Q 16On which TV programme did Rod Wave perform 'Tombstone' on April 8, 2021?
The Tonight Show (Fallon)
A month later the NMPA named him the biggest artist-songwriter of the first quarter of 2021, with ten certifications.
Q 17'By Your Side', released November 14, 2021, was the lead single of which album?
Beautiful Mind
'Cold December' followed in January 2022 and 'Sorry 4 The Wait', a remix of Future's 'Wait for U', came in May.
Q 18The fourth album was announced for June 3, 2022, but actually arrived on which date that year?
August 12
Fans complained on social media about the delay; 'Stone Rolling' and 'Alone' were released as singles in the meantime.
Q 19Rod Wave guested on 'Home Ain't Home', a track from which artist's 2022 album The Last Slimeto?
NBA YoungBoy
It was the thirteenth cut on the album and came out days before Beautiful Mind.
Q 20What was the name of the eight-track EP Rod Wave released in November 2022?
Jupiter's Diary: 7 Day Theory
Led by 'Break My Heart', it peaked at number 9 on the Billboard 200, his fourth top-ten debut.
Q 24Which pop superstar was the only other act with a chart-topping solo album in each of the same three years as Rod Wave?
Taylor Swift
SoulFly, Beautiful Mind and Nostalgia all opened at number one in 2021, 2022 and 2023.
Q 25Where did Last Lap debut on the Billboard 200 albums chart in October 2024?
2
It moved 127,000 units and was his seventh consecutive top-ten album.
Q 26What was the lead single from Last Lap?
Passport Junkie
It peaked at 51 on the Hot 100; 'Fall Fast in Love' followed a day after the album was announced.
Q 27How many stops did the 2024 Last Lap Tour have?
36
Moneybagg Yo, Toosii, Lil Poppa, Dess Dior and Eelmatic supported.
Q 28Which of these artists features on Last Lap?
Lil Yachty
Be Charlotte, Lil Baby, Rylo Rodriguez and Wild Rivers also appear.
Q 29In April 2025 Rod Wave released the lead single to the soundtrack of which Michael B. Jordan film?
Sinners
The video stars Woody McClain and Michael B. Jordan himself.
Q 30Which two artists did Rod Wave name as inspirations in a 2020 Billboard interview?
Tupac Shakur and Adele
In 2023 he also named Ed Sheeran a favourite; the same interview said Adele and Sheeran helped him 'find his voice'.