Rapper Fetty Wap jailed for six years for his part in drug trafficking plot

Rapper Fetty Wap jailed for six years for his part in drug trafficking plot
Fetty Wap has been jailed for his part in a drugs plot (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

As friends and family looked on, rapper Fetty Wap on Wednesday apologised for his actions and said he was “exactly where I’m supposed to be”, before a judge sentenced him to six years in federal prison for his role in a New York-based drug-trafficking scheme.

The Trap Queen rapper, whose legal name is Willie Maxwell, pleaded guilty in August 2022 to a conspiracy drug charge that carried a mandatory minimum sentence of five years.

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