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Metro Boomin

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Emily Cortez

Updated on March 12, 2026

Birth Name: Leland Tyler Wayne

Place of Birth: St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.

Date of Birth: September 16, 1993

Ethnicity: African-American

Metro Boomin is an American record producer, record executive, songwriter, and DJ. He is managed by SAL&CO. He is also known as Young Metro, Metro, and Lil Metro. He is famous for his song “Creepin,'” and has produced many successful singles.

He relocated to Atlanta to attend Morehouse College. His mother, Leslie Joanne Wayne, was killed in a murder-suicide by his stepfather in 2022.

Metro Boomin’s maternal grandmother is named Flossie Jean Henderson.