In a story that shocked the hip-hop world and public safety officials alike, 21-year-old rapper Quez2rr, real name Jaquavious Searcy, has been sentenced to 66 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to possessing a machine gun.
The strange and unsettling tale began August 17, 2023, at the Piedmont Walton Hospital in Monroe, Georgia, where employees located the budding artist hidden in a labor and delivery room with a fully automatic Glock 17 resting beneath a couch cushion. This was no ordinary handgun. It had been modified into a machine gun with the help of an auto sear and was equipped with a 30-round extended magazine.
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An alert nurse reported the suspicious activities to the hospital security, who informed them about what had happened to the authorities. Officers responded quickly to the situation, recovering the illicit weapon and making sure no one in the hospital, especially not the new mothers and their newborn babies, suffered harm.
“This matter demonstrates a law enforcement and prosecutorial partnership that ensures illegal firearms and other dangerous, destructive devices are removed from our streets to help make our communities safer,” said Acting U.S. Attorney C. Shanelle Booker after his sentencing in June 2025.
Federal investigators didn’t just look into the hospital episode. In February 2025, authorities raided Quez2rr’s home and discovered a cache of illegal weapons and conversion devices. Some of those weapons were linked through ballistic testing to shootings in DeKalb County.
Prosecutors also examined his social media and music, highlighting Instagram messages and videos in which the rapper displayed altered guns. On one track, “Traffic,” Quez2rr isn’t shy about what he’s got:
“I pop the back of my Glock, just to clean the street when it’s time for that action.”
That “switch” he’s rapping about? It refers slangily to the auto sear, the extremely illegal piece of equipment that would transform a semi-automatic Glock into a full-auto machine pistol. And it wasn’t just for show, much to the disappointment of Quez2rr.
As if there weren’t enough in the case file, federal authorities discovered messages exchanged between Quez2rr and a Clayton County police officer, including law enforcement information, feeds showing he received updates on active warrants, and one related to a homicide investigation.
Now, rather than chasing his rap dream, Quez2rr will continue to serve five and a half years in federal prison, a reminder of just how the persona of “street rapper” can have very real consequences when art and crime intersect.\The streets may sense his absence, but the message from the courtroom is unambiguous: carrying a machine gun into a hospital delivery room is not merely reckless but criminal.
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