Rapper Fetty Wap Arrested On Federal Drug Charges In NYC

Rapper Fetty Wap was arrested in New York City on federal drug charges including conspiracy to smuggle large quantities of heroin and fentanyl.

Rapper Fetty Wap was charged on Friday with participating in a conspiracy to smuggle large amounts of heroin, fentanyl and other drugs into the New York City region.

The rapper, whose real name is Willie Maxwell, was arrested Thursday at Citi Field, home of the Mets, where the three-day Rolling Loud hip-hop music festival is taking place. An indictment that had previously blacked out Maxwell's name was unredacted on Friday to publicly add his name to a case involving five other defendants, including a New Jersey corrections officer. 

"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," Michael J. Driscoll, a top official with the FBI's New York office, said in a statement.