Fetty Wap Announces Zavier Album After Prison Release

Fetty Wap, the Grammy-nominated rapper known for hits like "Trap Queen" and "My Way," announced his new album, Zavier, on Monday, set for release on March 27. The project marks his return to music two months after his early release from federal prison in January, following a partial sentence for drug trafficking charges.

In a black-and-white teaser trailer shared on Instagram, the 34-year-old artist, born Willie Junior Maxwell II, reflected on the challenges of fame and incarceration. "When you lose the money everybody think that's the worst part," he said in the video. "When you lose them shows and calls stop coming through, the room start to get smaller, the noise fade away, and when it get real quiet that's when it hit different." He described becoming detached from his true self amid early success, stating, "I got so used to hearing Fetty everywhere I go, before I even knew who Zavier was. Somewhere in all that, I became a character in my own life. People really loved what I could provide for real, not who I really was."

The trailer continues with Wap contemplating solitude behind bars: "Then the chains come on, stage disappear, the applause stop, Fetty start sounding real...