Rapper Fetty Wap arrested by FBI on federal drug charges
Rapper Fetty Wap was arrested Thursday evening by the FBI on federal drug expenses, a senior legislation enforcement official mentioned.
Fetty Wap, whose authorized title is Willie Junior Maxwell II, is predicted to be arraigned Friday.
In response to the official, the artist was arrested at Citi Subject in Queens, the place the Rolling Loud music competition was held on Thursday.
He’s amongst about half a dozen folks charged within the case.
Fetty Wap was beforehand arrested in 2019 on three counts of battery, and in 2017 on a DUI cost after police say he was caught drag racing one other automotive on a New York Metropolis freeway. The standing of these instances was not instantly clear Friday.
His 4-year-old daughter Lauren Maxwell died over the summer season.
The rapper is greatest recognized for his 2014 sleeper hit, “Entice Queen,” which reached No. 2 on the Billboard Sizzling 100.
Elisha Fieldstadt contributed.