Fetty Wap is pleading for his freedom!
New York prosecutors are asking a judge to give him up to nine years behind bars. The possible lengthy sentence would be for his part in a bi-coastal drug ring.
As we previously reported, the rapper and five others were accused of driving to Long Island roughly six times and buying cocaine by the kilogram, and then reselling it in both the Garden States and in New York in the spring of 2020. The hip-hop star whose real name is Willie Junior Maxwell II pleaded guilty last year in a Central Islip federal case.
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Wap admitted his role in an interstate, multi-million dollar drug trafficking scheme and pleaded guilty to a charge that carries a minimum sentence of five years in prison. “I agreed with other people to distribute cocaine,” he told the judge at the time. Despite that, prosecutors now want him behind bars for between seven years and three months and nine years, alleging he was a “large-scale narcotics trafficker” in the early months of the pandemic.
In a Thursday letter, prosecutors said Wap took part “in a massive drug trafficking organization that flooded Long Island, as well as the surrounding areas, with a tremendous amount of controlled substances.”
As bad as that seems, his lawyer explained that that the pandemic is what jumpstarted Fetty’s life of crime:
“In or about 2020, with the coming of the worldwide pandemic, things began to change for Mr. Maxwell. There were no opportunities to perform, thus his income was severely limited,” Fetty Wap’s attorney wrote in a letter. “He was sued personally, was going through a divorce, and was involved with a tour manager who was stealing from him. While the bills kept coming in, the money to pay them was running out. At or about the same time, Mr. Maxwell lost his grandparents and several other people who were close to him.”
The letter continues: “Depression and panic began to set in. As stated, Mr. Maxwell took enormous pride in his ability to provide for his children and lend support to his other family members. He is described as a people pleaser and a person who gains great satisfaction from taking care of others. Suddenly it felt like life was going in reverse and he became ashamed when he began to struggle to keep up the lifestyle that he created for so many. His judgment became impaired. Desperate to keep up with his financial obligations, Mr. Maxwell became involved in the instant offense for a few months in the spring of 2020.”
Wap has been jailed since August. While he’s praying that he’ll get let out soon, Wap and his legal team are fighting for him to serve the minimum and not more than anticipated.
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