Rapper Fetty Wap was arrested Thursday evening by the FBI for his alleged involvement in drug trafficking, said a senior law enforcement official across the Atlantic.
Fetty Wap, whose real name is Willie Junior Maxwell II, is due to be indicted on Friday.
The rapper is best known for his 2014 hit “Trap Queen,” which reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US that year.
He won awards at the MTV Video Music Awards but has not released any titles since 2016. However, he retains a certain aura in the hip-hop world.
According to police authorities, the artist was arrested at Citi Field in Queens, where the Rolling Loud music festival was held on Thursday.
He was to make a long-awaited return to the stage after several years in the shadows.
But the police arrested him before his visit to the stage of this important New York rap festival where 50 Cent and Travis Scott also performed.
The rapper is one of half a dozen people indicted in this massive drug trafficking case.
Six members of this drug distribution network are accused of selling heroin and fentanyl during the Rolling Loud music festival.
An aborted return to the stage
Fetty Wap had previously been arrested in 2019 on three counts of assault and battery, and in 2017 on drunk driving. He had been caught dragging another car on a New York freeway, according to police reports at the time. Father of six children, he lived through a personal tragedy during the last summer. Her 4-year-old daughter, Lauren Maxwell, has passed away.
However, according to the specialized site Booska-P, the rapper seriously intended to return to music.
“I don't know how I fell [from the 'Trap Queen' box].
Bad managers in this business, envy, selfishness… But it's over soon.
I got rid of all the bullshit around me.
From now on, I can focus on the music, and I'm going to be a hit, take a look, ”Fetty Wap already declared in 2015, despite the rave reviews around him.
In 2020, he had released no less than three mixtapes: “Trap & B”, “Big Zoovie” then “You Know The Vibes”, foreshadowing a possible return.
It may now be postponed
indefinitely
.