Fetty Wap has credited 50 Cent for being there for him during his federal drug case, which saw him spend three years in prison.
The rapper was released from a Minnesota prison earlier this week, and on Friday (January 9), he gave his first interview since getting out. Speaking on The Breakfast Club, he said: “50 did a lot for me”.
“From day one, it was like, ‘Whatever you need, just holler at me.’ I’m like, ‘All right.’ Then [he] was like, ‘Where this money going?’ I’m like, ‘What?’ I ain’t used to that. I’m used to it’s always the other way around.”
He went on to explain that 50 was able to help him both financially and emotionally, even providing advice over the phone. “Whatever I needed, he was right there,” he said. “He answered the phone. He didn’t shy off all the way down to the time I’m about to come home, ‘How you getting home?’ As far as financial and mental help, he was probably there the biggest.”
Fetty explained that 50 encouraged him to “stop fucking up” and that he “should’ve never stopped making music.”
50 Cent reposted the clip of the interview while welcoming him home, writing on Instagram: “WOP HOME fresh out the FED’S ready to work. He good I got him let’s get it.”
Fetty Wap was released from prison on Thursday (January 8), around 11 months ahead of his expected release date, which was set for December.
He was arrested in 2022 on his way to perform at Rolling Loud NYC, a week after the release of his album ‘Butterfly Effect’. The ‘679’ rapper was arrested and charged with conspiracy to distribute heroin, fentanyl and crack cocaine.
In August 2022, Wap pled guilty and was convicted of one count of conspiracy to possess and distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine. The rapper was sentenced to six years in jail on May 2023.
In 2023, he released his third studio album, ‘King Zoo’, while behind bars.
