American rapper Fetty Wap has been given a six-year sentence for his position in a drug trafficking ring throughout the tri-state area.

Fetty Wap had pleaded responsible to the charges- conspiring to distribute and possess managed substances and utilizing firearms in reference to drug trafficking. Following his arrest in October 2021, the Suffolk County Police Division (SCPD) revealed that the Paterson rapper and 5 others allegedly operated a drug ring that transported many harmful medicine via USPS vans to the tri-state space.

On Wednesday, Fetty Wap, whose actual identify is Willie Junior Maxwell II, was sentenced to 6 years in jail regardless of a movement by the prosecution for him to be sentenced to 9 (9) years in jail, The New York Occasions reported. He has been incarcerated since October 2021 and is prone to be credited for time served.

Throughout his trial, prosecutors argued that the rapper must get the total sentence as a result of he was not contented together with his profitable music profession, and his involvement with pushing medicine brought about injury to communities and other people.

“He had a profitable profession as a rap artist and the flexibility to make an trustworthy dwelling and supply for himself and his household,” a memo citing aggravating components by the prosecution learn. “Certainly the defendant instructed the Probation Division that he made $5 million throughout his music profession. However, this defendant selected to complement his earnings by trafficking massive portions of medicine — medicine he knew would smash lives.”

Nevertheless, Fetty’s lawyer Elizabeth Macedonio argued that the pandemic brought about the rapper’s funds to be dried up, and together with his 9 kids to look after together with their moms and his prolonged household, he had no selection however to show to medicine.

“Out of the blue it felt like his life was entering into reverse and he grew to become ashamed when he started to battle to maintain up the approach to life he had created for therefore many,” the protection legal professional’s memo responded.

Fetty Wap was arrested together with brothers Robert Leonardi and Anthony Leonardi, Brian Sullivan, Kavaughn Wiggins, and Anthony Cyntje, who have been additionally charged with drug offenses and firearms fees.

The boys have been arrested by FBI brokers whereas on the best way to Rolling Loud, New York, in Oct. 2021. Police say the boys had distributed round 100 kilos of managed substances, together with heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine, throughout New Jersey and Lengthy Island beginning in 2019.