Fetty Wap has revealed that he has not been released from prison despite reports claiming that he is a free man.
“He’s not out yet. @fettywap1738 free you brother I love you!” one of Fetty’s family members wrote on Instagram. ... was reshared to the rapper’s Instagram Story.
Fetty pleaded guilty in August 2023 to conspiracy to distribute and possess controlled substances pertaining to cocaine, which carried a mandatory five years in prison.
Fetty’s attorney attempted to blame the rapper’s drug dealing on the pandemic, claiming he had been unable to provide for himself any other way.
In November 2023, he talked to XXL about his time behind bars.
“I’m around a lot of people that’s doing real lengthy sentences,” he told the publication. “Some of the dudes I be kickin’ it in here with, some dudes got 50 years and 30 years, some of them got life. One of my mans, who I was in Brooklyn MDC [a federal administrative detention facility that holds prisoners with pending cases] with, right now, he facing 120 years. And he just smiling every day. We just be kicking it with each other. I be telling him about all the music experience I have.”