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how long was fetty wap sentenced to prison

Fetty Wap was sentenced to 6 years (72 months) in federal prison.

Quick Scoop

  • The rapper Fetty Wap (Willie Junior Maxwell II) received a 6‑year prison sentence for his role in a large-scale drug trafficking conspiracy involving cocaine, heroin, fentanyl, and crack.
  • In addition to the prison time, he was also ordered to serve five years of post-release supervision after completing his sentence.

When and why he was sentenced

  • Fetty Wap was sentenced in May 2023 in a federal court in New York after pleading guilty to a conspiracy charge to distribute and possess controlled substances.
  • Prosecutors described him as a kilogram-level redistributor in a trafficking organization moving drugs from the West Coast to Long Island and New Jersey.

Extra context fans discuss

  • Coverage from major outlets notes that the judge characterized the 6-year term as a balanced sentence, longer than the 5-year mandatory minimum but below the maximum exposure he once faced.
  • Online forum and comment discussions often frame this as a dramatic fall from his 2015 chart-topping fame (“Trap Queen,” etc.) to a serious federal conviction by 2023.

TL;DR: Fetty Wap was sentenced to 6 years in federal prison, plus 5 years of supervised release, for a drug trafficking conspiracy.

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