Rapper Fetty Wap Pleads Guilty to Drug Charges in Federal Court
Rapper Fetty Wap pleaded guilty Monday to a federal count of conspiracy to distribute and possess cocaine, a charge that carries a mandatory minimum of five years in prison, federal officials announced.
The rapper, whose real name is William Junior Maxwell II, had been arrested at Citi Field on Oct. 28, 2021, after an indictment alleged that the New Jersey-born artist was part of a nationwide drug trafficking ring. Prosecutors said he was a “kilogram-level redistributor” for a drug ring that moved more than 100 kilos of cocaine, heroin, fentanyl and crack in a massive drug trafficking racket that moved drugs from the West Coast to Long Island.
A total of six people were charged late last year, including a New Jersey correction officer. The other five were separately arrested and were all ordered detained pending trial.
