{"id":55174,"date":"2026-01-08T23:36:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T23:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/08\/fetty-wap-leaves-prison-for-home-confinement-on-drug-charges\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T23:36:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T23:36:33","slug":"fetty-wap-leaves-prison-for-home-confinement-on-drug-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/08\/fetty-wap-leaves-prison-for-home-confinement-on-drug-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Fetty Wap Leaves Prison for Home Confinement on Drug Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The rapper, who pleaded guilty to a drugs charge in 2022, will reportedly have to check in with authorities regularly as part of his release<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n\t\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/fetty-wap\/\" id=\"auto-tag_fetty-wap\" data-tag=\"fetty-wap\">Fetty Wap<\/a>, who pleaded guilty to a drug charge in 2022, was released from the Minnesota prison where he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/fetty-wap-sentenced-six-years-plead-guilty-drug-charge-1234740665\/\">serving a six-year sentence<\/a> on Thursday. He will continue his sentence, which the Bureau of Prisons reports will end on Nov. 8, in home confinement in Philadelphia, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/01\/08\/fetty-wap-released-prison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">TMZ<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cRight now, my focus is on giving back through my community initiatives and foundation, supporting at-risk young children by expanding access to education, early tech skills, and vision care for young kids and students so they can show up as their best selves,\u201d Fetty shared in a statement to <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rb-hip-hop\/fetty-wap-released-prison-early-1236151449\/\">Billboard<\/a><\/em>. \u201cI\u2019m committed to moving forward with purpose and making a meaningful impact where it matters most.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tTMZ reports that the rapper will have to undergo drug testing and seek approval from federal agents to open bank accounts for the next five years. The gossip site also claims he\u2019ll have to inform the U.S. Probation Department of his earnings and tax records. He\u2019s also prohibited from drinking alcohol and taking drugs that aren\u2019t prescribed for him and he may have to participate in an outpatient drug treatment program, per the outlet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tReps for Fetty Wap and the DOJ, which prosecuted his case, did not immediately reply to <em>Rolling Stone\u2019s <\/em>request for comment.<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tAfter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/fetty-wap-sentenced-six-years-plead-guilty-drug-charge-1234740665\/\">pleading guilty<\/a> to one count of conspiracy to possess and distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine in 2022, the rapper, whose real name is Willie Junior Maxwell II, received a six-year prison sentence in May 2023. FBI agents had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/fetty-wap-arrested-federal-drug-charges-rolling-loud-new-york-1250000\/\">arrested Maxwell at Rolling Loud New York<\/a> in 2021. He was one of six people charged with conspiring to possess and distribute more than 100 kilograms of substances, including heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine from New Jersey to Long Island. He was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/fetty-wap-arrested-allleged-death-threat-1394163\/\">arrested again<\/a> in 2022 for allegedly threatening to kill someone he called \u201ca rat\u201d over a FaceTime call.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tProsecutors initially sought a seven- to nine-year sentence. His defense lawyer asked for five years. \u201cHis family has seen Mr. Maxwell mature and become more self-aware in the past several months without the distractions that weighed on him previously,\u201d his lawyer wrote in the request. \u201cThey are convinced he will do things differently upon his release.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/fetty-wap-released-prison-home-confinement-1235496368\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The rapper, who pleaded guilty to a drugs charge in 2022, will reportedly have to check in with authorities regularly as part of his&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":55175,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55174\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}