The rhymer's long-awaited sophomore album, King Zoo, arrives on Nov. He’s also still dropping new music from behind bars. The circumstances may be grim, but Fetty stays motivated thanks to his family and kids. He’s currently doing his bid at Federal Correctional Institution, Elkton in Ohio, where he called XXL from in October to speak for the first time from prison. In May of this year, he was sentenced to six years in prison and five years of post-release supervision. Following his 2021 arrest and an initial not-guilty plea, Fetty pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine last August. The sting of the pandemic halting live shows in 2020, plus family obligations as a father of six children who seemed to care for everyone around him led Fetty to start running drugs to re-up on his funds.Įventually, he got caught up. Buying homes, apartments, jewelry and cars were among the rap balladeer’s purchases. Fetty was racking up $150,000 in bills a month. The money coming in didn’t seem to balance what was going out. Performances and touring helped keep him afloat. Despite dropping 11 projects between 20, he wasn’t reaching the heights of his prior career pinnacle. Multiplatinum-selling tracks like the Remy Boyz-assisted “679” and “My Way” featuring Monty, both released on Fetty’s 2015 self-titled debut album-which came out on 300 Entertainment and RGF Productions, where he is still signed-proved fans were turning up to his R&B-layered bars and irrepressible hooks. On the outside, Fetty Wap, 32, appeared to be living the good life following the success of his 2014 breakout hit, “Trap Queen.” The two-time Grammy-nominated song is among 121 tracks in history that have been certified diamond, putting the Paterson, N.J. How he got to this point came as a shock. He and five other men were charged with conspiring to distribute and possess controlled substances, including cocaine, on Long Island, N.Y. While the title of the rapper’s effort stemmed from the idea that smaller events may ultimately result in something with much more significant consequences, coincidentally, he was experiencing in real time the harmful effects of his past actions. Six days after Fetty Wap dropped his project, The Butterfly Effect, in 2021, he was indicted and arrested for drug trafficking conspiracy. In his first tell-all interview from prison, the New Jersey rapper gets candid about doing time and where he went wrong.Įditor’s Note: This story appears in the Winter 2023 issue of XXL Magazine, on stands in December. ![]() ![]() Fetty Wap seemed to be living the hip-hop dream after building a successful career off hits like "Trap Queen." Then a drug trafficking arrest in 2021 derailed his life.
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