Fetty Wap is an American rapper and singer who shot to fame with his single ‘Trap Queen’
Fetty Wap
@Rhythm, Birthday and Life
Jun 7, 1991
Biography
Personal Details
- Birthday: June 7, 1991
- Nationality: American
- Famous: Blues Singers, Rhythm, Singers, Rhythm & Blues Singers, Hip Hop Singers, Rappers
- City/State: New Jersey
- Known as: Willie Maxwell II
- Childrens: Aydin Maxwell, Khari Barbie Maxwell, Zaviera Maxwell
- Birth Place: Paterson, New Jersey, U.S.
Fetty Wap born at
Paterson, New Jersey, U.S.
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Birth Place
Fetty Wap also has a brother who too is a prolific singer. Apparently, his brother too influenced Fetty Wap in his music journey.
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Personal Life
He has been in a relationship with actress Masika Kalysha, who shot to fame due to her appearance in the television show ‘Love & Hip-Hop: Hollywood’ and the couple are now parents to a baby girl named Khari. Fetty Wap has 3 children in total.
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Personal Life
He once acknowledged that he mostly relies on the ‘auto tune’ technique while recording his tracks and had even called himself ‘Ignorant R&B’.
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Personal Life
He was born on 7 June, 1991 in Paterson, New Jersey and grew up in the same city. He was originally christened Willie Maxwell by his parents. It is believed that he inherited his talent from his mother. Willie Maxwell pursued his primary education at the ‘Eastside High School’, situated in New Jersey.
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Childhood & Early Life
Willie Maxwell lost his vision in the left eye at a young age due to a freaky accident. The damaged eye was later replaced with an artificial piece through ‘Ocular Prosthesis’.
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Childhood & Early Life
He became inclined towards music and soon started Rapping. However, very soon he wanted to try singing and do something ‘out of the box’.
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Career
His gigs helped him earn quite a bit of money and soon he was fondly nicknamed ‘Fetty’, a synonym for money. He adopted the surname Wop from ‘GuWop’, an alias of his idol and famous rapper, Gucci Mane.
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Career
The song ‘Trap Queen’ from his independent album was released in early 2014. Although the song didn’t make any news for the first few months, it went viral in November that year. It was uploaded on the music sharing website ‘SoundCloud.com’ and was played a record 130 million times by various users.
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Career
The success of his track helped Fetty Wop fetch a deal with the record label ‘300 Entertainment’
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He uploaded his second single, titled ‘679’ on YouTube, in May 2015 and a month later, the song was commercially released for the public. The song went on to secure the fourth spot in the ‘Hot 100’ countdown.
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Fetty Wap is best known for his hit single ‘Trap Queen’, which was played more than 10 million times on ‘SoundCloud’. It was also awarded the ‘Platinum Record’ certificate by the ‘Recording Industry Association of America’, popularly known as ‘RIAA’. The certificate is given in honour of those albums and singles which have generated sales of at least a million copies.
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Major Works