Metro Boomin

Leland Tyler Wayne (born September 16, 1993), known professionally as Metro Boomin, is an American record producer.

Noted for his critically-acclaimed dark production style, he is regarded as among the most influential producers in modern hip hop and trap music.

His frequent collaborators include Future, Young Thug, The Weeknd, Travis Scott, Don Toliver, 21 Savage, Nav, and Gucci Mane.

Leland Tyler Wayne was born on September 16, 1993, in St. Louis, Missouri, where he attended Parkway North High School.

He has four siblings.

After a brief stint playing bass guitar in his middle school band, he turned to making beats in the seventh grade at age 13.

This happened when his mother bought him a laptop and he got a copy of the music production software FruityLoops.

In high school, he produced five beats a day.

Initially, Wayne wanted to rap, and started making beats so that he could have music to rap over.

However, he eventually turned his full attention toward hip-hop production.

As he continued to hone his production skills in high school, he began to utilize social media platforms including Twitter to network with more established rap artists, as well as beat submissions for potential music placements.

During high school, Wayne's mother would often drive him for over eight hours from St. Louis to Atlanta, Georgia, to collaborate with artists he met with online.

One of the first artists who he worked with was Bricksquad Monopoly rapper Tay Don, which led him to collaborate with label cohorts OJ da Juiceman and Gucci Mane.

He soon met Atlanta-based rapper Future, who would become frequent collaborators.

Upon graduating high school, Metro Boomin moved to Atlanta to attend Morehouse College, studying Business Management.

He chose to take a hiatus from school after a semester, because the schedule demands of a full-time music career became too much to balance.

Wayne has collaborated with artists including Nicki Minaj, Gucci Mane, Juicy J, Yo Gotti, 21 Savage, Wiz Khalifa, Chief Keef, The Weeknd, YG, Young Jeezy, Meek Mill, Travis Scott, Ace Hood, Don Toliver, Young Thug, Playboi Carti, ASAP Rocky, James Blake, Drake, Young Nudy, Lil Durk, Lil Uzi Vert, Migos, DJ Khaled, Schoolboy Q, Post Malone, Nav, Rae Sremmurd, Gunna, Lil Wayne, Juice Wrld , Pop Smoke, Big Sean, and Kanye West.

Wayne would also collaborate with other hip hop producer contemporaries, including Pierre Bourne, Sonny Digital, 808 Mafia, Southside, Zaytoven, Wheezy, Young Chop, DJ Spinz and Tay Keith on Not All Heroes Wear Capes.

Wayne has worked extensively with rapper Future.

Raised in St. Louis, Missouri, Wayne began his career in music production in 2009 at the age of 16; he relocated to Atlanta to attend Morehouse College in 2011 and continued to work extensively with Atlanta-based artists Future, Young Thug, 21 Savage, Gucci Mane, and Migos.

The two first worked together on the song "Hard," which was included on DJ Esco's Welcome 2 Mollyworld (2012) mixtape, and have since collaborated on numerous records including two singles from Future's second album, Honest: the album's lead single, "Karate Chop", and title track, co-produced by DJ Spinz.

In May 2013, Metro announced his debut mixtape, 19 & Boomin.

Following warm-up singles, featuring artists like Trinidad James, Gucci Mane, and others, Metro released the mixtape, hosted by mixtape website LiveMixtapes, on October 7, 2013.

The mixtape, all original songs, included "Maison Margiela", featuring Future, and "Some More", featuring Young Thug, both of which were subsequently released as music videos.

Wayne gained mainstream success for producing the 2014 hit single "Tuesday" for ILoveMakonnen, which peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100.

In March 2014, Metro and Young Thug announced that they would release a collaborative album, performed and released under the moniker "Metro Thuggin".

In 2014, Metro made an appearance on Nicki Minaj's third studio album, The Pinkprint, producing the track "Want Some More".

In October 2014, Metro executive produced Future's Monster mixtape.

This spawned the first appearance of the single "Fuck Up Some Commas".

Metro produced the sixth single from Future's Honest, "I Won", which features Kanye West.

The album was to be self-titled and was planned to be released sometime in 2015.

Along with the announcement, Metro Thuggin released the collaborative track, "The Blanguage".

The 'Metro Thuggin' project was ultimately scrapped.

Photographer Cam Kirk claims to have a copy of the complete, finished album.

A few leaked tracks from the project were found circulating the internet in late 2015, yet an official mixtape has never surfaced.

In 2016, he produced the singles "Jumpman" by Drake and Future, "Low Life" by Future, and peaked the chart with his work on "Bad and Boujee" by Migos.

He followed up with credits on similarly successful singles, including "Congratulations" by Post Malone, "Tunnel Vision" by Kodak Black, "Mask Off" by Future, "Bank Account" by 21 Savage, and his second number one, "Heartless" by the Weeknd.

As a non-performing lead artist, Wayne has released the collaborative projects Savage Mode (2016) and Savage Mode II (2020) with 21 Savage, DropTopWop (2017) with Gucci Mane, Perfect Timing (2017) with Nav, and Double or Nothing (2017) with Big Sean.

Wayne's debut studio album, Not All Heroes Wear Capes (2018) and its follow-up, Heroes & Villains (2022) both debuted atop the Billboard 200.

The latter spawned the single "Creepin" (with the Weeknd and 21 Savage), which peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100, peaked within the top ten in several countries, and remains Wayne's most commercially successful release.