Fetty Wap lost vision in his left eye as a baby due to congenital glaucoma, a serious eye disease that damages the optic nerve. He has said in interviews that he was diagnosed around six months old and doctors were able to save and even improve the sight in his right eye, but not the left.

What actually happened

  • Fetty Wap has explained that a childhood accident led to him developing congenital glaucoma in both eyes.
  • Surgeons treated him as an infant; they preserved sight in his right eye but he ultimately lost vision in the left.
  • Over time, that left eye was removed or treated so that he now appears with one functioning eye and does not always wear a prosthetic.

Clearing up the rumors

  • He has explicitly said he was not shot and that it was not from fireworks or a similar injury, even though those rumors went viral when he first blew up with “Trap Queen.”
  • The “shot in the eye” and other wild stories are just fan and forum speculation, not what he himself has described.

How he talks about it now

  • Fetty Wap often downplays the situation, saying it is “nothing” to him and that he feels blessed to still have vision in one eye.
  • He has embraced his look publicly, becoming one of the few mainstream rappers with such a visible eye difference and using it as part of his identity rather than hiding it.

Mini timeline

  • As a baby (around six months): Diagnosed with congenital glaucoma after an early-life accident.
  • Childhood: Multiple treatments and surgery save the right eye but not the left.
  • Adulthood / fame era: Chooses not to always wear a prosthetic eye and leans into his distinctive appearance as his career takes off.

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