Rapper Fetty Wap has been jailed for threatening to kill a man during a FaceTime call in 2021, violating the terms of his pre-trial release in a pending drug conspiracy case.
The musician, whose real name is Willie Junior Maxwell II, flashed a gun to the man during a video call on 11 December and said: “Imma kill you and everybody you with.”
The incident happened about two months after he was arrested in the federal drugs case, prosecutors said.
During a hearing at a federal court in Long Island, New York on Monday, Judge Steven Locke revoked his bail and sent him to prison.
Maxwell’s lawyer has been contacted for comment by Associated Press.
He was initially arrested in October 2021 on charges alleging her took part in a conspiracy to smuggle heroin, fentanyl and other drugs into New York City.
He entered a not guilty plea and was released after posting a $500,000 (£413,000) bond, secured by a property he owns in Georgia.
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The arrest came just two months after he confirmed his four-year-old daughter Lauren had died.
As part of the bail agreement, he agreed to certain conditions, including that he not violate any federal, state or local laws while on release and that he doesn’t possess a gun or other weapon.
Prosecutors said that evidence, including a recording of the FaceTime call, showed probable cause that he was knowingly violating the conditions.
During the call, the 31-year-old repeatedly threatened “I’m gonna kill you” and was seen pointing a gun at the screen, according to the FBI affidavit.
In response to the man on the call telling Maxwell that he is a rat, Maxwell said “Your man is a rat”, according to court documents.
In the drugs case, the New Jersey born rapper and five co-defendants are accused of conspiring to possess and distribute over 100kg (200lbs) of heroin, fentanyl and crack cocaine between June 2019 and June 2020.
The scheme allegedly involved using the US Postal Service and cars with hidden compartments to move drugs from the West Coast to Long Island, where they were held for distribution to dealers on Long Island and New Jersey, prosecutors said.
The rapper’s debut single, Trap Queen, shot Maxwell to fame, charting at number two in the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in May 2015.
He was scheduled to perform in Mobile, Alabama on 19 August and in Austin, Texas on 27 August, according to his website.
In 2019, he was arrested in Las Vegas for allegedly assaulting three employees at a hotel casino, and he was also arrested in November 2017 and charged with drink-driving after police said he was drag racing on a New York City motorway.
