Nino Paid and Warhol.SS Charged With Felony Murder Over Atlanta Shooting
Atlanta police charged rappers Nino Paid (Jacquawn Andrews) and Warhol.SS (Zahair Myles) with felony murder, armed robbery and aggravated assault over an April 25, 2026 shooting in Old Fourth Ward that killed a 29-year-old man. Nino Paid was arrested at the Canada border Sept. 1; Warhol.SS surrendered Sept. 14. The charges are allegations.
Two names from the underground are now sitting in the same murder case. Nino Paid and Warhol.SS are charged with felony murder in Atlanta.
Atlanta police say officers were called to 633 Boulevard NE in Old Fourth Ward around 4:29 a.m. on April 25, 2026. They found a 29-year-old man shot several times. He was taken to the hospital and later died. Pitchfork identified him as Keion Borders.
In a Sept. 15 statement, Atlanta police said investigators identified two suspects, Zahair Myles and Jacquawn Andrews. XXL and Pitchfork identified them as Warhol.SS and Nino Paid. Both are charged with felony murder, armed robbery and aggravated assault. Warhol.SS also faces a charge of criminal attempt to commit a felony. Police have not given a motive or said who fired the shots.
Nino Paid was arrested by U.S. Border Patrol on Sept. 1 while coming back into the U.S. from Canada. Pitchfork reported he was returning from a show in Toronto. He was held in Michigan's Wayne County Jail before being sent to Atlanta. Pitchfork also reported that Ring doorbell footage helped identify him as an alleged accomplice. Warhol.SS turned himself in on Sept. 14 and was booked into the Fulton County Jail.
Both were reported held without bond as of Oct. 15, the day Nino Paid had a bond hearing on the calendar. We have not seen a result from that hearing reported yet. No trial date has been set.
Nino Paid is from Landover, Maryland, and was part of the 2025 XXL Freshman class. He dropped "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" in August. Warhol.SS is an Atlanta rapper whose album "Studio 54" came out in January. The two released "5 STAR B*TCH" together in April 2025.
These are charges, not convictions. Both men are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court. Pitchfork said Warhol.SS declined to comment; we have not seen a statement from Nino Paid's team.
Sources: Atlanta Police Department statement (Sept. 15, 2026) as reported by XXL and AllHipHop; Pitchfork (Oct. 15, 2026); XXL (Oct. 15, 2026); AllHipHop (Oct. 19, 2026). Images: frames from Nino Paid's "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" official video and Warhol.SS's "How I Wanna" official video, via YouTube.