Fetty Wap Says He Turned To Drug Dealing After His Music Career Stalled: “Nobody Forced Me To Do It”

Fetty Wap is owning up to his actions, which led him to a six-year prison sentence.

The New Jersey rapper made several revelations in a new interview with XXL. Despite having hit records such as “Trap Queen” and “My Way,” Fetty admitted that his music career saw a rapid decline that ultimately led him back down the path of drug dealing.

“Nobody made me do it. Nobody forced me to do it. When I put myself in that situation, I ain’t really think for the long run. I’m thinking I could just run up a few million dollars, and I’m gon’ be good forever,” he explained.

Fetty felt that with his music beginning to take a turn, he couldn’t let his family down, which he is the sole provider for. He says he was a “coward” for not focusing more on music and taking the easy way out. 

“Some of the things I think about really is being home. I take accountability for everything I did. I don’t really be blaming nobody for nothing. It ain’t nobody else fault that I’m here, you know what I’m sayin’? However it may have went down, whatever, like with the people and all that, basically, just not standing tall. But at the end of the day, that’s my fault for involving myself around people like that, you know what I’m sayin’? And putting your trust in the people that’s not really real, that’s not really who they say they is. So, my whole thing is like, man, just stop f**kin’ with n***as, man, you know what I’m sayin’? That’s how I feel,” he said. “I just reflect on some of the s**t I did in the last few years, how I feel like I coulda took music a lot more serious than I did. And like just keep it that route, instead of this route, you know what I’m sayin’? I’m just grateful that I’m still here; I’m still breathing. I’m able to see some light at the end of the tunnel.”

Still, the 32-year-old said he has no regrets and is happy supporting his loved ones even while incarcerated. This is largely thanks to friend 50 Cent, who taught him about investments he could make from behind bars, which will keep him afloat.

“Personally, I feel like I stuck to my word. I tell people all the time I’m in jail. I’m locked up, but I’m not f****d up. I’m takin’ care of my whole family from jail still. That s**t don’t stop. I mean, what I was doing stopped. Let me clear that up. But as far as takin’ care of my family, I found different outlets in here. Different people that helped me,” he told the outlet.

“Like I said, 50 [Cent] helped me a lot. He started showing me different ways, like s**t to invest in and s**t like that. And then my homie Akash [a New York-based rapper Fetty collaborated with on the song “Balenciaga” in October]. Like he put something together for us to really help me grow like really big. He’s doing something big. I can’t spoil it, but we doin’ something really, really big that’s gonna change the game, you know what I’m sayin’? And I’m not even talkin’ music-wise. I’m talkin’ business-wise,” Fetty said.

Fetty was arrested in October 2021 as part of a large-scale drug operation that spanned from New Jersey to the West Coast. He ultimately pleaded guilty in August 2022 to conspiracy to distribute and possession of controlled substances. In May 2023, the father of six received his lengthy prison stint.