1. Fetty Wap quickly rose to mainstream prominence after his 2014 song "Trap Queen" peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and led him to sign with 300 Entertainment, an imprint of Atlantic Records.
35 Facts About Fetty Wap
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Fetty Wap has received two Grammy Award nominations throughout his career, and won the 2016 awards for "Best New Artist" and "Top New Artist" by the iHeartRadio Music Awards and Billboard Music Awards, respectively.
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Fetty Wap attended Eastside High School before dropping out in order to pursue his music career.
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Fetty Wap developed an interest in making music in 2013.
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Fetty Wap was nicknamed "Fetty," and "Wap" was added to the end of the name to perform in tribute to Gucci Mane's alias, Guwop.
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In November 2014, Fetty Wap represented by Attorney Navarro W Gray secured a recording contract with 300 Entertainment, the imprint was founded by Lyor Cohen, Kevin Liles, Roger Gold and Todd Moscowitz, with distribution through Atlantic Records.
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In June 2015, Fetty Wap was included in XXLs 2015 Freshman Class.
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On June 29,2015, Fetty Wap released his second single "679", originally from his Up Next mixtape.
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Fetty Wap became the first male rapper with three songs occupying the top 20 spots on the Billboard Hot 100 chart since Eminem did so in 2013.
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Fetty Wap became the first male rapper in four years to have concurrent singles reach the top 10 of the same chart since Lil Wayne did so in 2011.
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Fetty Wap subsequently released two mixtapes for streaming only: Coke Zoo in collaboration with French Montana and ZOO 16: The Mixtape with Zoo Gang.
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Fetty Wap received two nominations at the 58th Grammy Awards.
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On February 5,2016, Fetty Wap released a new single titled "Jimmy Choo".
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Fetty Wap was featured on the Fifth Harmony single "All in My Head ".
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Fetty Wap released the single "Wake Up" in April 2016.
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Fetty Wap's single "Make You Feel Good" was released in August 2016.
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Fetty Wap walked in Philipp Plein's runway show during New York Fashion Week in February 2017.
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Fetty Wap released the single "Aye" on May 12,2017.
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Fetty Wap released the mixtape Lucky No 7 on June 7,2017.
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In October 2017, Fetty Wap featured in Cheat Codes' single "Feels Great" with CVBZ.
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On January 19,2018, Fetty Wap released the EP For My Fans III: The Final Chapter.
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Fetty Wap released the mixtape Bruce Wayne in June 2018.
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In 2018, it was reported that Fetty Wap had signed with Tr3yway Entertainment.
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In November 2022, Fetty Wap released his single "Sweet Yamz", a recreation of the song "Yamz" by Masego and Devin Morrison.
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In November 2023, Fetty Wap released his third studio album King Zoo, supported by the single released a year prior, "Sweet Yams".
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Fetty Wap usually wears the flag of Haiti in honor of a former girlfriend's late grandmother and draws influences from Haitian culture.
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On October 29,2021, federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment against Fetty Wap, charging him with one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess controlled substances.
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Fetty Wap was arrested at Citi Field in Queens, New York, on federal drug charges.
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Fetty Wap was released on a $500,000 bond on November 5,2021.
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Fetty Wap was put back in jail again on August 8,2022, after violating the terms of his pretrial release.
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Fetty Wap is currently imprisoned at FCI, Sandstone, a low-security prison in Sandstone, Minnesota.
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Fetty Wap is the father of six children with five women.
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In 2019, Wap publicly stated that he is not Alaiya's biological father, but is still a father figure to her, and his non-paternity was confirmed in December 2020.
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In September 2019, Fetty Wap married model Leandra K Gonzalez; they divorced after a year.
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In July 2021, one of Fetty Wap's daughters died at the age of four.