With a net worth of $45 million, Metro Boomin is an American composer and record producer. In the 2010s, Metro first became well-known for his collaborations with Atlanta hip-hop and trap musicians. With musicians like Future, Migos, Gucci Mane, 21 Savage, and ILoveMakonnen, he has achieved success and amassed a number of top-20 hit songs. “Not All Heroes Wear Capes,” Metro Boomin’s debut studio album, peaked at number one on the Billboard 200 in 2018.

In addition to working with artists such as Young Thug, Meek Mill, Nicki Minaj, Fetty Wap, and Chief Kief, Metro Boomin has produced a number of hit singles, including “Karate Chop” by Future featuring Lil Wayne, “Honest” by Future, “I Won” by Future featuring Kanye West, “Tuesday” by ILoveMakonnen featuring Drake, “3500” by Travis Scott featuring Future and 2 Chainz, “Blow a Bag” by Future, “Where Ya At” by Future featuring Drake, and “Jumpman” and “Big Rings” by Drake and Future.

Catalogue Sales

Metro Boomin sold Shamrock Capital a piece of his publishing catalogue in April 2023 for $70 million.

Early Life

Leland Tyler Wayne, better known as Metro Boomin, was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on September 16, 1993. He has four siblings. Playing bass guitar in the school band in middle school was Wayne’s first musical experience; at 13, he began creating beats. Wayne attended Parkway North High School as a teenager. He ultimately chose to pursue a career in hip hop production, despite his early desire to become a rapper.

Beginnings of a Career

Wayne began networking with well-known hip-hop musicians on social media while still a high school student. In order to work with artists he corresponded with online, his mother would often take him from St. Louis to Atlanta. He collaborated with artists including Gucci Mane, OJ Da Juiceman, and Future after working with Tay Don, one of the first artists he worked with. After graduating from high school, Wayne moved to Atlanta to specialise in business management at Morehouse College. He decided to take a break after a semester there, though, in order to concentrate on a full-time musical career. The first mixtape he released under the stage name Metro Boomin was titled “19 & Boomin.”

Creating Innovations

In 2014, Metro’s career as a hip-hop producer took off. He was an executive producer on Future’s mixtape “Monster” that year. He also produced “I Won,” the sixth single off Future’s studio album “Honest.” Metro served as an executive producer on the 2015 mixtape “What a Time to Be Alive,” which included Future and Drake. Since then, he has collaborated extensively with Future, executive producing his 2016 mixtape “Purple Reign” and creating the popular song “Jumpman.” Metro created chart-topping songs including “X” by 21 Savage and “Bad and Boujee” by Migos in 2016. He also released the EP “Savage Mode” with 21 Savage. Kodak Black’s “Tunnel Vision,” Future’s “Mask Off,” and other charting singles were among the ones Metro produced the following year.

Additional albums, mixtapes, and EPs

The joint mixtape “Perfect Timing” by Metro and Canadian rapper and record producer Nav was released in the summer of 2017. He shocked his fans that year by releasing “Without Warning,” a joint studio album with Offset and 21 Savage, on Halloween. “Ric Flair Drip,” the album’s debut track, helped it get to number four on the Billboard 200. Following that, Metro and Big Sean released their joint studio album “Double or Nothing” in November, which was bolstered by the songs “Pull Up n Wreck” and “So Good.”

Despite declaring his retirement on his Instagram page in April 2018, Metro went on to produce several albums, like as “Queen” by Nicki Minaj and “Tha Carter V” by Lil Wayne. After three years of work, he finally published his first studio album, “Not All Heroes Wear Capes,” in November. It premiered at number one on the Billboard 200 and featured guest appearances by Travis Scott, Drake, 21 Savage, Gunna, Gucci Mane, and Young Thug, among others.

The Weeknd’s upcoming album “After Hours” has four tracks that Metro produced with him in late 2019: “Escape from LA,” “Until I Bleed Out,” “Faith,” and the number-one hit single “Heartless.” In 2020, Metro’s fourth joint album with 21 Savage, “Savage Mode II,” became another huge hit.

Style of Music

Metro focusses on trap music, a hip-hop subgenre that originated in the South of the United States in the early 2000s. To produce his sound, he uses synthetic percussion, gothic melodies, and a powerful bass.

Other Initiatives

Among his other projects, Metro intended to do a joint album with Young Thug called “Metro Thuggin’.” To promote the project, a joint song titled “The Blanguage” was published. In the end, “Metro Thuggin'” was never released, despite some leaked recordings appearing online in late 2015.

In collaboration with Republic Records and Universal Music Group, Metro founded his own record label, Boominati Worldwide, in June 2017. In a commercial for the retailer Gap early the following year, Metro costarred with rapper SZA and included a self-produced remix of the Thompson Twins song “Hold Me Now.”

Property

Metro Boomin purchased a house in Bell Canyon, California, for $4.9 million in March 2022.