Rapper ‘$Rod’ from North Algonquin admits to defrauding feds – Notice Global Online

MIAMI – Prosecutors feature money is ground a rapper famous as “Money Rod” module probable modify up in prison.

Rodney McClain, also famous as “$Rod,” has told his fans that he grew up with a azygos care who struggled with impoverishment in North Miami. He is famous for the “Money” azygos that samples the “For The Love of the Money” classic.

Earlier this month, McClain, 35, admitted to misspending more than $113,000 discover of the $600,157 give from the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program, which was meant to support businesses meet drifting during the pandemic.

McClain, who lives in Atlanta, was questionable to clear it on the section at Dreams Come True Records, a penalization creation consort he qualified discover of North Algonquin Beach from 2010 to 2022.

The UPPP give covering in discourse was submitted in 2020. According to federal prosecutors, it included “false information” most the penalization creation company’s section expenses in 2019 and 2020 and “two falsified bureau set forms.”

In 2021, McClain told Rolling Out that “money and attitude study up the power” and he thoughtful past President Donald Trump a persona help because “he’s a money man.” He after told Flaunt that his large cost was $700,000 in adornment he described as “VVS, cover that dances same Mike.”

McClain pled guilty to digit calculate of accommodate humbug and united to abandon his penalization rights, officer recordings, and penalization compositions to clear backwards the $113,000.

McClain was awaiting sentencing with U.S. District Judge Kathleen reverend on Aug. 29 in Miami. He faces up to 20 eld in prison. IRS-CI, Algonquin Field Office investigated the case.