Fetty Wap's Sister Demands Pardon In Drug Case: 'My Brother Has Taken Responsibility'

Fetty Wap‘s sister is hoping her brother can get a second chance and be released early from his six-year prison sentence for his role in a drug ring.

Wap’s sentence was handed down in May 2023, though he’s been behind bars since his arrest in October 2021.

Earlier this year, rumors circulated that he was being released early, but he quickly confirmed they weren’t true. Taking to Instagram with a screenshot of a headline about the early release rumors, Divinity Maxwell-Butts made a plea to get her brother out before his scheduled 2027 release.

“April is Second Chance Month—a time to recognize that people deserve redemption, not just punishment,” she wrote through the New Jersey rapper’s Instagram. “My brother has taken responsibility and served over half his sentence for a nonviolent offense. He is scheduled to be released in 2027, but justice should also mean mercy.

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“His sentence should be commuted so he can come home to his family, his children, and his purpose. It’s time. #PardonFetty #SecondChanceMonth #BringHimHome”

Fetty Wap pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine. Prosecutors argued for a longer sentence by claiming that he had used his platform to “glamorize the drug trade” while making millions from his music after blowing up in 2015.

He was arrested on federal drug charges at New York’s Citi Field in October 2021 as he was gearing up to take the stage at New York’s Rolling Loud Festival.

After his arrest, the FBI recovered 16 kilograms of cocaine, 2 kilograms of heroin, fentanyl pills, two 9mm handguns, a rifle, a .45 caliber pistol, a .40 caliber pistol, ammunition and $1.5 million in cash.

Talking to XXL in November 2023, Fetty admitted that he should have taken his career more seriously.

“Some of the things I think about really is being home,” he told the publication. “I take accountability for everything I did. I don’t really be blaming nobody for nothing. It ain’t nobody else fault that I’m here.

“However it may have went down, whatever, like with the people and all that, basically, just not standing tall. But at the end of the day, that’s my fault for involving myself around people like that. And putting your trust in the people that’s not really real, that’s not really who they say they is. So, my whole thing is like, man, just stop fuckin’ with n-ggas, man. That’s how I feel.”

He added: “I just reflect on some of the shit I did in the last few years, how I feel like I coulda took music a lot more serious than I did. And like just keep it that route, instead of this route. I’m just grateful that I’m still here; I’m still breathing. I’m able to see some light at the end of the tunnel.”

He also acknowledged that even though he will be locked up for over half a decade, which will undoubtedly hinder his career, he’s still fortunate when compared to some of those around him.