Trap Queen rapper Fetty Wap has pleaded guilty to running an illicit drug operation in both New York and his native New Jersey, after cops fittingly busted the hip-hop artist with bricks of cocaine and heroine in a Long Island trap house.
The 31-year-old rapper, whose real name is Willie Junior Maxwell II, will now face a minimum of five years in jail for his part in the drug trafficking ring. He was previously charged with conspiring to distribute hard drugs including cocaine and heroin.
The much-talked about bust saw feds who arrested Maxwell walk away with several bricks of the substances that contained the drugs, but the synthetic opioid fentanyl – a dangerous substance 50-100 times stronger than morphine – as well as $1.5million in cash.
Feds subsequently accused the embattled star of supplementing his recording income with ‘kilo-level’ drug dealing, a federal complaint against Maxwell reads – and proceeded to build a case against the star.
After his arrest, Maxwell saw…
