Fetty Wap Released Early to Home Confinement

Rapper Fetty Wap was released early from federal prison on Thursday, January 8, 2026, after serving more than three years of a six-year sentence for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy. The New Jersey native, whose real name is Willie Junior Maxwell II, was transferred from a low-security facility in Sandstone, Minnesota, to home confinement in Philadelphia, where he will remain under supervision until his full release on November 8, 2026.

Federal authorities arrested Maxwell in October 2021 at Citi Field in Queens, New York, just before his scheduled performance at the Rolling Loud music festival. He was one of six individuals charged in a federal indictment with conspiring to transport and distribute more than 100 kilograms of narcotics, including cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl, from California to Long Island and New Jersey. Prosecutors described the operation as a multimillion-dollar scheme that Maxwell helped facilitate using his fame from early hits like "Trap Queen."

Released initially on a $500,000 personal recognizance bond, Maxwell violated its conditions in August 2022 when he was rearrested for allegedly threatening to kill someone during a FaceTime call and...