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Rapper Fetty Wap pleaded guilty on Monday in a New York federal court to conspiracy to distribute and possess controlled substances.
The hip-hop star, born Willie Junior Maxwell II, was indicted in September 2021 for allegedly conspiring to distribute heroin and fentanyl in Long Island.
He now faces a five-year mandatory minimum sentence and remains in custody after his bond was revoked earlier this month.
Maxwell was arrested on October 28, 2021, during the Rolling Loud Music Festival in Queens, New York. He and five others were charged with conspiring to distribute and possess controlled substances across Long Island and New Jersey.
Maxwell initially pleaded not guilty to the
