Rapper Fetty Wap Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison for Drug-Trafficking Scheme

Rapper Fetty Wap Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison for Drug-Trafficking Scheme
Fetty Wap arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., on Aug. 26, 2019. Charles Sykes/Invision/AP
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CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y.—As friends and family looked on, rapper Fetty Wap on Wednesday apologized 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. The sentence was handed down in federal court on Long Island.