NEW YORK — The rapper Fetty Wap has been arrested in New York Metropolis on federal drug fees, an FBI spokesperson mentioned Friday.
The rapper, whose actual identify is Willie Maxwell, was arrested Thursday at Citi Area, the place the three-day Rolling Loud hip-hop music competition is happening, FBI spokesperson Amy Thoreson mentioned.
Particulars of the fees towards Maxwell weren’t instantly launched. He was anticipated to be arraigned on the fees later Friday.
A cellphone message searching for remark was left with an legal professional who has represented Maxwell.
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Maxwell, 30, rose to prominence after his debut single “Lure Queen” reached No. 2 on the U.S. Billboard Scorching 100 chart in Might 2015.
He has had different brushes with the regulation, together with a 2019 arrest in Las Vegas for allegedly assaulting three workers at a hotel-casino. He was beforehand arrested in November 2017 and charged with DUI after police say he was drag racing on a New York Metropolis freeway.
Maxwell skilled private tragedy in October 2020 when his youthful brother, 26-year-old Twyshon Depew, was shot and killed in their hometown of Paterson, New Jersey.
Then in June 2021, Maxwell’s 4-year-old daughter, Lauren, died.
