Metro Boomin

Raised in St. Louis and now operating out of Atlanta, producer Metro Boomin specializes in a dark, unvarnished street aesthetic that matches his chosen alias. Within five years after first linking with Future, he racked up more than a dozen Top 20 R&B/hip-hop singles and roughly the same number of gold and platinum RIAA certifications. Building on his initial run alongside Future, iLoveMakonnen, Drake, Migos, and Post Malone—where “Honest,” “Tuesday,” “Jumpman,” “Bad and Boujee,” and “Congratulations” ranked among his standout productions—Metro sustained his high profile. He reached the top of the Billboard 200 with his debut solo album Not All Heroes Wear Capes in 2018, returned there with the 2020 joint release Savage Mode II alongside 21 Savage, and again with his Grammy-nominated second solo project Heroes & Villains in 2022. In 2023 he expanded into film by overseeing the soundtrack to Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. His first two full-length collaborations with Future, WE DON'T TRUST YOU and WE STILL DON'T TRUST YOU, both led the charts in 2024.

Metro Boomin started making beats in his early teens while also rapping, but he soon chose to concentrate solely on production. He forged connections with artists through social media and, before finishing high school, had already logged countless miles traveling back and forth to Atlanta to work with OJ da Juiceman and, later, Gucci Mane and Future. He honored his mother’s wishes by enrolling at the nearby Morehouse College, yet he left school to pour more energy into music than into business-management coursework.

Metro first appeared on Billboard charts in 2013 as the producer of Future’s “Karate Chop” and “Honest.” Shortly after the latter single’s official release, he issued the self-released 19 & Boomin. Once iLoveMakonnen’s “Tuesday” reached the R&B/hip-hop Top Ten the following year, Metro became a fixture near the upper ranks of that chart. Early 2016 successes included Drake and Future’s “Jumpman” and Future’s “Low Life,” followed later that year by “X” from the self-released EP Savage Mode recorded with 21 Savage, and Migos’ “Bad and Boujee,” which ultimately topped both the R&B/hip-hop and pop charts.

Further 2017 hits produced by Metro Boomin encompassed Big Sean’s “Bounce Back,” Post Malone’s “Congratulations,” Kodak Black’s “Tunnel Vision,” and Future’s “Mask Off.” He stayed busy throughout the year, releasing three collaborative mixtapes: Perfect Timing with NAV, Without Warning with Offset and 21 Savage, and Double or Nothing with Big Sean. In 2018 he contributed to high-profile projects by Nicki Minaj and Lil Wayne while also dropping his own album Not All Heroes Wear Capes, which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 that November and yielded the platinum singles “No Complaints,” featuring Offset and Drake, and “Space Cadet,” featuring Gunna.

Metro resumed his partnership with 21 Savage in 2020 and delivered another Billboard 200 chart-topper, Savage Mode II, four of whose tracks—including “Glock in My Lap”—entered the Top 40. He claimed a third Billboard 200 number one in 2022 with the sophomore album Heroes & Villains, which included another four Top 40 entries highlighted by the platinum chart-topping single “Creepin’,” a collaboration with the Weeknd and 21 Savage that reworked Mario Winans’ “I Don't Wanna Know.” He extended his run of number ones in 2023 with the soundtrack to Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, released that June to accompany the animated film. Featuring Lil Wayne, Offset, Future, James Blake, and additional artists, the project also contained the hit single “Calling” with Swae Lee, Nav, and A Boogie wit da Hoodie. Heroes & Villains received a Best Rap Album nomination at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards, while Metro earned a Producer of the Year, Non-Classical nomination. After contributing substantially to 21 Savage’s chart-topping 2024 album American Dream, Metro reunited with longtime collaborator Future for the full-length WE DON'T TRUST YOU, which topped the Billboard 200 in its first week as the single “Like That” also reached number one. Three weeks later the distinct follow-up album WE STILL DON'T TRUST YOU, separate from any deluxe edition, likewise debuted at number one.