{"id":7944,"date":"2026-01-09T23:05:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T23:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/fetty-wap-50-cent-help-prison-1236152353\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T23:05:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T23:05:24","slug":"fetty-wap-50-cent-help-prison-1236152353","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/fetty-wap-50-cent-help-prison-1236152353\/","title":{"rendered":"Fetty Wap Credits 50 Cent for \u2018Financial &amp; Mental Help\u2019 During 3-Year Prison Stint: \u2018Whatever I Needed, He Was Right\u00a0There\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/fetty-wap\/\">Fetty Wap<\/a> credited <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/50-cent\">50 Cent<\/a> for being there for him more than anyone else in the music industry during his federal drug case, which saw him spend more than three years behind bars.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rb-hip-hop\/fetty-wap-released-prison-early-1236151449\/\">Following his release <\/a>from a Minnesota prison earlier this week, Fetty pulled up to <em>The Breakfast Club<\/em> on Friday (Jan. 9) for his first interview since regaining his freedom. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201c50 did a lot for me,\u201d Fetty admitted. \u201cFrom day one, it was like, \u2018Whatever you need, just holler at me.\u2019 I\u2019m like, \u2018All right.\u2019 Then [he] was like, \u2018Where this money going?\u2019 I\u2019m like, \u2018What?\u2019 I ain\u2019t used to that. I\u2019m used to it\u2019s always the other way around.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWhether it was financially or just being able to hop on the phone and give the 34-year-old some advice, 50 was there and ready to help \u201cWhatever I needed, he was right there,\u201d Fetty continued. \u201cHe answered the phone. He didn\u2019t shy off all the way down to the time I\u2019m about to come home, \u2018How you getting home?\u2019 As far as financial and mental help, he was probably there the biggest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tSome of their conversations included 50 imploring Fetty to \u201cstop f\u2014ing up\u201d and how he \u201cshould\u2019ve never stopped making music.\u201d 50 was there for motivation as well. \u201cYou should\u2019ve kept going hard,\u201d Fetty said in his best Queens accent. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t50 Cent reposted the clip of Fetty showing him love on <em>The Breakfast Club<\/em> to his Instagram, while welcoming the \u201cTrap Queen\u201d rapper home.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" 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src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cWOP HOME fresh out the FED\u2019S ready to work. He good I got him let\u2019s get it,\u201d he captioned the video. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tOutside of 50, Fetty mentioned artists like Coi Leray, Chief Keef and Albee Al for helping him in different ways while he was locked up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tFetty Wap was released from prison on Thursday (Jan. 8) about 11 months ahead of his expected release date, which was set for December.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tFetty was arrested in September 2021 ahead of his Rolling Loud NYC performance on federal drug charges as prosecutors alleged he transported 100 kilograms of drugs from California and distributed them in Long Island. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe New Jersey native pleaded guilty to a single charge of conspiring to distribute at least 500 grams of cocaine in August 2022. Fetty was ultimately<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/fetty-wap-prison-sentence-guilty-federal-drug-charge\/\"> sentenced to six years in prison<\/a> in May 2023. He served over three years behind bars in a Minnesota prison before being released earlier this week. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cI want to thank my family, friends, and fans for the love, prayers, and continued support \u2014 it truly means everything to me,\u201d Fetty shared in a statement with\u00a0<em>Billboard<\/em>.<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DTQ8uEqAS_a\/?igsh=ODl6bTI3cXhjd3p2\">\u00a0<\/a>\u201cRight now, my focus is on giving back through my community initiatives and foundation, supporting at-risk young children by expanding access to education, early tech skills, and vision care for young kids and students so they can show up as their best selves. I\u2019m committed to moving forward with purpose and making a meaningful impact where it matters most.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWatch the full interview with Fetty Wap below.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fetty Wap Gives First Interview After Prison Release\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vZmztFYM7bg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fetty Wap credited 50 Cent for being there for him more than anyone else in the music industry during his federal drug case, which saw him spend more than three&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[99,96,94,97],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-genre-hiphop","category-music","category-music-news","category-rb-hip-hop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7944\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}