Rapper Fetty Wap Sentenced To Six-Year Prisonment For Drug Trafficking

Fetty Wap

Fetty Wap, a rapper, sentenced to six-year prison for narcotics trafficking.

Fetty WAP, a well-known rapper, was given a six-year prison term on Wednesday for running a cross-country cocaine trafficking organization.

The rapper, whose real name is Willie Junior Maxwell II, admitted to taking part in a massive operation to traffic at least 500g or more of cocaine when he entered a guilty plea to a drug conspiracy charge in August. A minimum five-year prison sentence is required for the charge.

Initially detained in October 2021, Fetty Wap was charged with a conspiracy to import more than 100kg (220lbs) of heroin, fentanyl, and crack cocaine from the west coast to Long Island between June 2019 and June 2020 together with five other defendants. Police raided several homes as part of the inquiry and took $1.5 million in cash as well as numerous weapons.

Maxwell was taken back into custody in August 2022 after a judge revoked his $500,000 bond, which was backed by Georgia real estate, for allegedly violating the conditions of his pretrial release by reportedly holding up an arm and threatening to kill a guy in a FaceTime call in 2021.

The rapper admitted guilt to the primary accusation in an investigation: conspiracy to distribute and possess prohibited drugs.

The rapper admitted his involvement in a sizable dryg trafficking ring when he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess controlled substances, the main charge in an indictment against him. If he had been found guilty of all the charges he was up against, the only one that related to cocaine, his plea saved him from a potential life sentence.

 

Asserting that Maxwell had used his popularity to "glamorize the dryg trade" while earning millions from his music, prosecutors had pushed for a longer sentence. Breon Peace, the US attorney for the eastern district of New York, recommended a sentence of seven to nine years in a letter to the judge. "Young people who admire the defendant and are considering selling drgs need to be sent a message that selling drgs is not a glamorous lifestyle and, if they participate in that trade, they will receive lengthy prison sentences," Peace wrote.

At the sentencing hearing on Wednesday, Maxwell showed regret for his deeds. He remarked, "I honor my community, the individuals that look up to me. "My loved ones and I. Sincere apologies for any hurt I may have caused.