Certain headlines have you doing a double take, and this is one of them. This led to an investigation of rising rapper Quez 2RR, whose real name is Terrell Monquez Searcy, and who is now facing serious federal charges after he made the unbelievably stupid decision to bring a stolen, illegally modified machine gun on an unauthorized visit to a hospital maternity ward.
The events occurred on August 17, 2023, at Piedmont Walton Hospital in Monroe, Georgia. Security personnel, on a routine check, discovered a Glock Model 17 hidden under a couch cushion in the labor ward. But this was no ordinary handgun because the weapon was illegally modified with a full-auto sear pin, which turned the gun into a fully automatic machine gun with a 30-round extended magazine.
Hospital staff quickly notified law enforcement, and it wasn't long before authorities were able to connect the firearm to a theft report filed in Walton County. Federal agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) subsequently confirmed that the weapon was fully operational as automatic firepower, rendering the firearm both extremely dangerous and highly illegal to fire off in any environment, let alone a hospital.
To compound matters for Quez 2RR, who tended to flaunt firearms in his music videos and social media posts, investigators also discovered that he was [...] In one video, "Traffic," he rapped openly about putting a "switch" on a firearm, using a slang term for the illegal modification that makes a semi-automatic Glock behave like a machine gun.
Federal authorities moved quickly to assemble their case. In August 2024 wurde Quez 2RR offiziell wegen illegalen Maschinengewehrbesitzes angeklagt. But that wasn't the end of the trouble.
In a shocking twist, court documents showed that Quez 2RR had been chatting up a Clayton County police officer. The rapper allegedly requested the officer to run warrants for him, and in exchange, the officer leaked sensitive information on an active homicide investigation.
Federal agents found even more illegal firearms at Quez 2RR's home when they executed a search warrant there on February 11, 2025, including one tied to a drive-by shooting in DeKalb County that wounded four people. This revelation further complicated their legal troubles, not to mention the growing evidence against them.
Facing a mountain of evidence against him, Quez 2RR eventually pleaded guilty to federal charges of possessing a machine gun illegally. His sentencing is scheduled for June 4, 2025, and because of the rigid nature of federal firearm laws, there is no parole. That means he's probably looking at a lengthy prison sentence.
And given how quickly he'd been rising in music, that careless mistake may have robbed him of his freedom and career, too. And while the hip-hop world is not unfamiliar with legal drama, Quez 2RR's case is a sober reminder that reality doesn't follow the same rules as rap videos.
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