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Mr. Fetty Wap said he was sorry to his friends and family and even his drug clientele after being sentenced to six years in prison on Wednesday for the part he played in a bi-coastal drug ring.
Wap, a Paterson, New Jersey native, whose real name is something else, was alleged to have driven to Long Island on six occasions in 2020 where he bought kilograms of cocaine which he then sold at a higher price in New York and New Jersey. He was one of five drug salespeople charged in the case.
According to federal prosecutors, Mr. Wap personally sold 25 kilograms of cocaine in New Jersey
“I always aimed to lead,” Wap told the judge at his sentencing in Long Island federal court. “I ended up hurting the community, hurting the people who look up to me, hurting my family, hurting my children, hurting myself.” But in fact he did lead in terms of obtaining the cocaine and sold it at a profit. Unfortunately for him, he got busted by the po-po.
The 31-year-old rapper pleaded guilty in August to one count of conspiracy to possess and distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine and faced a minimum of five years and a maximum of 40 years behind bars for the crime.
His pettifoggers asked that he get the minimum — a request Central Islip federal Judge Joanna Seybert denied because Wap violated his bail conditions last year when he threatened another wapper with a gun in a FaceTime call.
“There is a message to be sent,” Seybert said. “Without a doubt, you did a lot of dumb things when you got out, things that are arguably criminal.”
Before sentence was laid on him, Mr. Wap "apolomagized" to the court as some 20 friends and family members — including music executive Russell Simmons — sat in the peanut gallery shaking their heads.
“I only wanted to do right by my family and loved ones,” Wap told the judge. “In doing so, I never asked myself — is it all the way right?”
Um hmm.
The Billboard-charting artist explained that he sold the drugs in a desperate attempt to stay afloat in "scrilla" when the pandemic put him in the red.
The Billboard-charting artist explained that he sold the drugs in a desperate attempt to stay afloat in "scrilla" when the pandemic put him in the red.
His lawyer Elizabeth Macedonio said Wap was motivated to deal drugs so that he could continue to provide for his family and friends — including his eight children — because that's the kind of upstanding guy he is. "I mean, who of us wouldn't sell drugs to keep our kids' iPhones online?"
“All these people were relying on a still young man with no money coming in,” Macedonio told the judge. “There were bills to be paid, but the money was running out.”
Her law tactic is known as "The Victim Approach." While it generally works in woke situations, it usually doesn't in court.
Wap was awwested on Oct. 29, 2021 and had been free on $500,000 bond until he allegedly violated the conditions of his release during the Dec. 11, 2021 FaceTime call.
Wap was awwested on Oct. 29, 2021 and had been free on $500,000 bond until he allegedly violated the conditions of his release during the Dec. 11, 2021 FaceTime call.
He and the others in the case allegedly distributed more than 100 kilograms of cocaine, heroin, fentanyl and crack cocaine from June 2019 to June 2020.
