{"id":397939,"date":"2026-01-09T21:18:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T21:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/397939\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T21:18:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T21:18:07","slug":"rapper-known-for-2014-hit-plans-on-giving-back-after-early-release-from-federal-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/397939\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapper known for 2014 hit plans on \u2018giving back\u2019 after early release from federal prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"2HYOMS6W3RHUZKWP2FERU5JFCA\">A well-known rapper has been released from prison early. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"W37LJ3MZ4FAPZFU7ZG6FC2BFUI\">Fetty Wap, who is known for his catchy 2014 megahit \u201cTrap Queen,\u201d was found guilty of conspiracy to distribute cocaine nearly three years ago. He was sentenced to six years in prison and five years of post-release supervision in May 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"324IX242Y5DHPLCYUPLWR6JCCU\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/01\/09\/entertainment\/fetty-wap-released-federal-prison-intl-scli\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/01\/09\/entertainment\/fetty-wap-released-federal-prison-intl-scli\">According to CNN<\/a>, the rapper, legal name Willie Junior Maxwell II, was moved out of a federal prison in Sandstone, Minnesota. He is now under home confinement until November. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"VSKKOHQZ7VHK7EE733YQE2AHGY\">\u201cI want to thank my family, friends, and fans for the love, prayers, and continued support \u2014 it truly means everything to me,\u201d the rapper said in a statement. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"JZPFOIFVEZDYDKSUXDMPBMJHMY\">\u201cRight now, my focus is on giving back through my community initiatives and foundation, supporting at-risk young children by expanding access to education, early tech skills, and vision care for young kids and students so they can show up as their best selves. I\u2019m committed to moving forward with purpose and making a meaningful impact where it matters most.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"LGP6F5Z62NBMDOVV2P7BCFLEDU\">Fetty Wap was indicted in federal court in October 2021 when officials accused him of a drug operation moved more than 100 kilograms of drugs from the West Coast to the East Coast for distribution. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"FB5KWLALVBA7BJPWZ7OK4O4BHU\">In addition to \u201cTrap Queen,\u201d he is known for tracks like \u201c679,\u201d \u201cMy Way,\u201d and \u201cAgain,\u201d among others. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A well-known rapper has been released from prison early. Fetty Wap, who is known for his catchy 2014&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":397940,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[12927,88,216,20975,192271,45292],"class_list":["post-397939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-color","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-one-person","tag-vma","tag-vmas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=397939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397939\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/397940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}