Key Takeaways:

• Fetty Wap’s federal jail launch date has been moved as much as December 2026.
• The rapper was initially set to be launched in March 2027, with a number of updates since.
• Officials haven’t disclosed the explanation for the most recent change in his sentence timeline.

Fetty Wap is coming dwelling in time for the vacations — subsequent yr. Currently serving six years on drug costs, the New Jersey rapper’s launch date has been pushed as much as early December 2026.

Born Willie Junior Maxwell II, Fetty was indicted and arrested again in October 2021 on federal drug trafficking costs. The Grammy-nominated rapper was freed on $500,000 bond and needed to put on a GPS monitor as a situation of his bail.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office accused Fetty — who was the final to be arrested — and 5 others of conspiring to promote and distribute over 100 kilograms of illicit narcotics.

In 2023, and after an arrest for a bail violation the yr prior, Fetty pled guilty to the costs of conspiracy to distribute and possess cocaine. He was sentenced to 6 years in federal jail. He was additionally hit with 5 years of supervision after his launch.

“The pipeline of drugs in this investigation ran thousands of miles from the West Coast to the communities here in our area, contributing to the addiction and overdose epidemic we have seen time and time again tear people’s lives apart,” FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge Michael Driscoll stated in a press release on the time. “The fact that we arrested a chart-topping rap artist and a corrections officer as part of the conspiracy illustrates just how vile the drug trade has become.”

On Friday (Nov. 14), US Weekly reported that his launch has been pushed as much as Dec. 9, 2026. At time of publication, there was no info on what precipitated the replace to Fetty Wap’s timeline.

Initially, the “Trap Queen” rapper was alleged to be a free man on March 13, 2027. However, in September, it was reported that he could be strolling out of jail on Jan. 8, 2027, a few months early.

According to courtroom filings, Fetty and his crew moved over 100 kilograms of coke, heroin, fentanyl and crack cocaine between June 2019 by means of June 2020 throughout New Jersey and Long Island. Along with medicine, the investigation additionally netted about $1.5 million in money, two handguns, a rifle, a pair of pistols and ammunition.