{"id":1937387,"date":"2023-05-24T20:52:56","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T00:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/grammy-nominated-rapper-sentenced-to-6-years-in-prison-admits-my-pride-put-me-in-this-position\/"},"modified":"2023-05-24T20:55:17","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T00:55:17","slug":"grammy-nominated-rapper-sentenced-to-6-years-in-prison-admits-my-pride-put-me-in-this-position","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/grammy-nominated-rapper-sentenced-to-6-years-in-prison-admits-my-pride-put-me-in-this-position\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapper gets 6-year prison sentence, admits pride caused downfall."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgrammy-nominated-rapper-sentenced-to-6-years-in-prison-admits-my-pride-put-me-in-this-position%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1937387&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Rapper Fetty Wap Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking<\/h2>\n<p>The \u201cTrap Queen\u201d rapper, whose legal name is Willie Maxwell, has been sentenced to six years in federal prison for his involvement in a New York-based drug-trafficking scheme. Maxwell pleaded guilty in August 2022 to a conspiracy drug charge that carried a mandatory minimum sentence of five years. The sentence was handed down in federal court on Long Island.<\/p>\n<p>Maxwell apologized for his actions and told the judge, \u201cMe being selfish in my pride put me in this position today.\u201d His lawyers had suggested he turned to selling drugs because of financial hardship brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Maxwell was arrested in October 2021 on charges of participating in a conspiracy to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rapper-fetty-wap-arrested-on-federal-drug-charges-in-nyc\/\" title=\"Rapper Fetty Wap Arrested on Federal Drug Charges in NYC\">smuggle large amounts<\/a> of heroin, fentanyl, and other drugs into the New York City area. The New Jersey-born rapper and five co-defendants were accused of conspiring to possess and distribute more than 220 pounds of heroin, fentanyl, and crack cocaine between June 2019 and June 2020.<\/p>\n<h3>The Drug Trafficking Scheme<\/h3>\n<p>Prosecutors said the scheme involved using the U.S. Postal Service and cars with hidden compartments to move drugs from the West Coast to Long Island, where they were stored for distribution to dealers on Long Island and in New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p>Maxwell pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess controlled substances, the top charge in an indictment against him, admitting that he participated in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/grammy-nominated-rapper-sentenced-to-6-years-in-prison-admits-my-pride-put-me-in-this-position\/\" title=\"Rapper gets 6-year prison sentence, admits pride caused downfall.\">massive drug trafficking racket<\/a>. The plea, which pertained only to cocaine, spared him from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-whitmer-plot-jury-doesnt-convict-on-conspiracy-charges-two-men-walk-free\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Whitmer Plot Jury Doesn\u2019t Convict On Conspiracy Charges; Two Men Walk Free\">potential life sentence<\/a> if he had been convicted on all the charges he faced.<\/p>\n<h3>Maxwell&#8217;s Lawyers and Prosecutors<\/h3>\n<p>Maxwell\u2019s lawyers had hoped for the minimum five-year prison term, while prosecutors sought a longer sentence. \u201cThis is a sad day,\u201d\u2019 defense attorney Elizabeth Macedonio said. \u201cThis is a kid from Paterson, New Jersey, who made it out.\u201d She said Maxwell \u201caccepts responsibility for his conduct.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Assistant United States Attorneys Christopher Caffarone said the prosecution was not about Maxwell\u2019s fame as a performer. \u201cThe defendant did actually sell drugs,\u201d Caffarone said. \u201cThe defendant did actually sell cocaine.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Judge&#8217;s Words of Advice<\/h3>\n<p>Judge Joanna Seybert told Maxwell, \u201cYou\u2019ve got a lot going for you. See if you can put it together.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Maxwell&#8217;s Rise to Fame<\/h3>\n<p>Maxwell rose to prominence after his debut single, \u201cTrap Queen,\u201d reached No. 2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in May 2015. The song talks about a lover supporting you \u2014 even if that means helping you cook and sell drugs. He was nominated for two Grammy Awards in 2016.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic\">The Western Journal has not reviewed this Associated Press story prior to publication. Therefore, it may contain editorial bias or may in some other way not meet our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harrison-ford-announces-end-of-iconic-character-i-need-to-sit-down-and-rest-a-little-bit\/\" title=\"Harrison Ford retires iconic character, needs rest.\">normal editorial standards<\/a>. It is provided to our readers as a service from The Western Journal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-grammy-nominated-rapper-sentenced-6-years-prison-admits-pride-put-position\/\">Grammy-Nominated Rapper Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison, Admits &#8216;My Pride Put Me in This Position&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>down to Fetty Wap, real name Willie Maxwell, on Wednesday. The rapper was sentenced to six years in federal prison for his involvement in a drug-trafficking scheme in New York. He pleaded guilty to a conspiracy drug charge in August 2022, which carried a mandatory minimum sentence of five years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":1937388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[27547,5216,11357,21473,6575,3891,6075,4744],"class_list":["post-1937387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-6-year","tag-admits","tag-caused","tag-downfall","tag-pride","tag-prison","tag-rapper","tag-sentence"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1937387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1937387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1937387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1937388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1937387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1937387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1937387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}