Fetty Wap
Fetty Wap
Willie Maxwell II, better known by his stage name Fetty Wap, is an American hip hop recording artist from Paterson, New Jersey. He rose to prominence with his single "Trap Queen", which peaked at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in May 2015. The success of "Trap Queen" helped Fetty Wap secure a record deal with 300 Entertainment, under the aegis of Atlantic Records. He subsequently released the Top 10 singles "679" and "My Way". Fetty Wap's...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRapper
Date of Birth7 June 1991
CountryUnited States of America
I ain't going to lie: I was happy, man. Me and my sisters and my brother was mad cool. We all did the music thing. My dad had the keys to the church, so we would go over there and jam. So I just want my kids to have fun the right way. I want their type of trouble to be, like, "Aw, Dad, I locked the keys in the car." I don't want to hear about, "Oh, my friend just got shot."
People make their life really hard. It was as simple as this: My parents went to church. My grandfather was a bishop. My mom sang in the choir, my dad played the keyboard, and my uncle played the drums. I was into playing the drums, so I played the drums a lot for my uncle, and it got to the point where I was pretty nice at playing the drums. And he let me play every Sunday so, to me, going to church was fun.
The first song I did was over a Chief Keef beat - 'Understand Me.' I did that in, like, 2011 or 2012, I think.
I was always able to get money, but now it's a little bit more money, and I manage the same way. I just want to see my family do better.
People don't really call me a rapper. They call me Mr. 'Trap Queen'. The 'Trap Queen' Guy.
If only the people around you know you're an artist, then you're doing something wrong.
I don't ever try to make a song better than my last song. I just try to make it different from my last one.
There's gonna be a lot of great songs, but there ain't going to be another 'Trap Queen.'
Oh man, I would definitely love to work with Kanye on something. But it really is all up to him, so whatever he wants to do, I'm with it.
Plans never go well for me. I just live every day like I ain't gonna live the next one.
Don't let nobody tell you that you can't do it. Love what you do until you don't love it anymore. Nothing's impossible.
I just consider myself an artist. I don't really rap. I don't really sing. I just do what I feel is good, and people like it.
You don't really gotta rap no more; you can just say the verse with a swag now.
I never thought I was going to leave the trap. I even told my mother, 'I'm gonna be the trap God.'