Rod Wave‘s D.C. concert this past weekend appeared to be a good time on the surface, but was subsequently plagued by multiple accounts of car break-ins.
Though initial reports suggested that more than 200 cars had been targeted in the attack on Sunday (November 12), a spokesperson for the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) told NewsOne that the actual number was “approximately 10.”
The same spokesperson confirmed that there have been a spate of car break-ins in the D.C. area, with a 98 percent uptick in the crime since 2022. But while many reports of the break-ins came from in and around the Capital One Arena — where the “Boyz Don’t Cry” singer was performing — no arrests, as of this writing, have been made.
However, there have been a number of followers that took to social media to report that their vehicles had been focused exterior the Rod Wave live performance. Check out their posts beneath.
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This isn’t the primary time {that a} Rod Wave live performance has made headlines. Last month, in a video captured on the Pinnacle Bank Arena in Nebraska, the Florida native (actual title Rodarius Marcell Green) carried out a daredevil stunt as his set got here to an in depth.
The singer could possibly be seen climbing to a excessive ledge whereas utilizing a stepstool, earlier than tossing his mic away. He then appeared to swing on the railing, then climb on high of it whereas holding a bar to the aspect of him. From there, he turned his again to the gang, outstretched his arms, and took a backward fall right into a pile of smoke as he appeared to vanish.
The soul-trap originator is thought for falling via the stage at varied instances — though one time it occurred, it was solely unplanned.
Back in 2020, Rod Wave was set to carry out at Morris Brown College for a live performance on Halloween — however the stage had different plans.
Flocked by an enormous crew behind him, the crooner entered the auditorium of the Historically Black College and University to a thunderous ovation from followers in attendance. Seconds later, the stage buckled and collapsed, prompting Rod to stumble as others behind him fell within the newly created crater.
Rod was a great sport concerning the fall, sharing a video to his Instagram account and writing: “PIMP DOWN! I REPEAT PIMP DOWN!”
No accidents had been reported after the stage collapse, however many touted the age of Morris Brown and a scarcity of funding to clarify the stage implosion.
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