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
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 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.
It takes a lot of people hours to make music because they focus so much on one thing. I just do it, and I make something you can just vibe to.
If only the people around you know youre an artist, then youre doing something wrong.
Can't nobody do what Fetty Wap does. So when I go to the studio, it may be four to five hours max, probably three days out the week. I used to go to the studio for 10 to 15 hours, and I would do five to 10 songs. Now I go for four to five hours and I do, like, 15 to 20 songs. I'm an ad lib guy. Most people know me for my ad libs.
I like other people's music.
I really moved fast, bro. I don't want a big selection, because I don't want myself in between nobody else's problems, basically. Like, if I know these two people going at it, I'm not about to make a song with either one of them.
The music world taught me a lot.It taught me how much happiness it could take from you. J. Cole said it in that interview: People forget their happiness and what makes them happy. Like, what you really wanted to do it for.
To see that people appreciate the work that I put in to make these songs for them, that's what makes me care. I don't care about being Fetty Wap.
I've had two jobs my whole life. I worked at FedEx for, like, two days, and I worked at Popeye's for a week. I just needed a check. It was a standard thing for people where I'm from. Well, people from there that did what I did for a living, you know what I'm saying? Go get you a quick check when you mess your money up.
I went from trying to get people just to listen to my music, not necessarily knowing me, to this. I didn't want to be known, because I didn't want to be Fetty Wap. I'm just a background guy.
Before I let myself question my loyalty to my people, I'm quitting music. I didn't do this to be by myself.
Im not really into the whole lyrics thing; I just like to make music that people like to listen to.