Fetty Wap

Fetty Wap (2015)

Fetty Wap (born June 7, 1991 in Paterson , New Jersey ; actually: Willie Maxwell II ) is an American rapper .

biography

Fetty Wap comes from the city of Paterson in the state of New Jersey . In childhood, glaucoma caused him to lose his left eye. His grandfather was a hometown preacher at Solomon's Temple Church, and as a child, Fetty Wap was part of a group of four who sang in church. He also learned drums and piano .

He started his hip-hop career in a band called Remy Boyz with Monty (Montana Bucks), Khaos and P. Dice. His rapper name consists of two slang words for money. In 2014, the group released the joint mixtape 1738 . At the same time, Fetty Wap also put several of their own songs such as Addicted , Zoovier and Trap Queen online. The latter turned out to be very successful and was accessed over a million times on SoundCloud just by being distributed on the Internet. The song later reached over 100 million views and the official video even over 670 million views. He got a record deal with the 300 Entertainment label and released the song as a single. Remixes of French Montana and Fabolous , among other things , made the song a number 2 hit on both the R&B charts and the official Billboard Hot 100 . It stayed in the sales charts for a whole year and sold over a million times. Trap Queen was also quite successful internationally , with 8th place in Great Britain and Denmark being the highest placements. At the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards , Fetty Wap was named Artist to Watch . At the Grammy Awards 2016 he was nominated twice for the song.

In mid-2015, the singles 679 and My Way followed , in which members of the Remy Boyz were also involved. Both songs reached the top 10 again in the USA. In September 2015, the debut album followed with his name as a title, in which the Remy Boyz were also exclusively involved as guest musicians. It rose to number one on the US album charts .

At the end of the year he was a guest on Bang My Head by David Guetta and Sia , which became an international hit.

In May 2019 he gave three concerts in Germany (Hamburg, Munich and Stuttgart).

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2015	Fetty Wap	-	-	CH81 (1 week) CH	UK15th gold (30 weeks)UK	US1 × 2 Double platinum (93 weeks)US	First published: September 25, 2015

Compilations

year	title	Remarks
2016	RGF Island, Vol. 1	First published: June 17, 2016

EPs

year	title	Remarks
2017	Lucky No. 7th	First published: June 7, 2017

Mix tapes

year	title	Remarks
2014	Up Next	First published: July 31, 2014
2015	Zoo style	First published: February 22, 2015
	Coke Zoo	First published: October 26, 2015 with French Montana
	For my fans	First published: December 1, 2015
2016	Zoo '16	First published: February 2, 2016
	Money, Hoes & Flows	First published: July 12, 2016 with PnB Rock
	Zoo animal	First published: November 21, 2016
2017	For My Fans 2	First published: October 15, 2017
2018	For My Fans 3: The Final Chapter	First published: January 19, 2018
	Bruce Wayne	First published: June 7, 2018

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2014	Trap Queen Fetty Wap	DE77 gold (13 weeks)DE	-	CH55 (11 weeks) CH	UK8th × 2 Double platinum (52 weeks)UK	US2 × 7 Seven times platinum (52 weeks)US	First published: December 15, 2014 Sales: + 8,200,000
2015	679 Fetty Wap	DE- gold DE	-	CH65 (5 weeks) CH	UK20th gold (41 weeks)UK	US4th × 6 Six-fold platinum (40 weeks)US	First published: June 29, 2015 feat. Remy Boyz
	My Way Fetty Wap	-	-	-	UK80 silver (11 weeks)UK	US7th × 3 Triple platinum (22 weeks)US	First published: July 17th, 2015 feat. Monty
	Again Fetty Wap	-	-	-	UK79 silver (7 weeks)UK	US33 × 3 Triple platinum (26 weeks)US	First published: August 13, 2015
	RGF Island Fetty Wap	-	-	-	-	US57 platinum (14 weeks)US	Promotion release: September 25, 2015
	Jugg Fetty Wap	-	-	-	-	US86 gold (6 weeks)US	Promo release: September 25, 2015 feat. Monty
2016	Jimmy Choo	-	-	-	-	US65 (11 weeks) US	First published: February 5, 2016
	Wake up	-	-	-	-	US50 platinum (13 weeks)US	First published: April 20, 2016
2017	Keke Day 69	-	-	-	UK98 (1 week) UK	US43 gold (8 weeks)US	First published: December 30th, 2017 with 6ix9ine & A Boogie wit da Hoodie

More singles

• 2015: Merry Xmas (feat.Monty)
• 2016: My Environment
• 2016: Queen of the Zoo
• 2016: Westside ( feat.Snoop Dogg )
• 2016: Different Now
• 2016: Make You Feel Good
• 2016: Like a Star (feat. Nicki Minaj )
• 2017: With You
• 2017: Way You Are (feat.Monty)
• 2017: Flip Phone
• 2017: Aye
• 2017: Got a Thang
• 2017: Don't Know What to Do
• 2017: There She Go (feat.Monty)
• 2018: KissWowie
• 2018: Love the Way
• 2018: Westin
• 2019: Trap God
• 2019: Trippin Baby
• 2019: Hold On
• 2019: Thug Lovin
• 2019: Birthday (feat.Monty)
• 2019: Zoo (feat.Tee Grizzley)
• 2019: Brand New
• 2019: Fresh n Clean

As a guest musician

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2015	Around the world	-	-	-	UK14 (5 weeks) UK	-	First published: June 3, 2015 Natalie La Rose feat. Fetty Wap
	$ ave Dat Money Professional Rapper	-	-	-	-	US71 × 2 Double platinum (19 weeks)US	First published: June 10, 2015 Lil Dicky feat. Rich Homie Quan & Fetty Wap
	Bang My Head Listen Again	DE24 gold (26 weeks)DE	AT16 (20 weeks) AT	CH18th gold (29 weeks)CH	UK18th gold (30 weeks)UK	US76 gold (6 weeks)US	First published: October 30, 2015 David Guetta feat. Sia & Fetty Wap
	Promise Summer in the Winter	-	-	-	UK- silver UK	US57 platinum (14 weeks)US	First published: December 24th, 2015 Kid Ink feat. Fetty Wap
2016	All in My Head (Flex) 7/27	-	-	-	UK25th gold (17 weeks)UK	US24 platinum (18 weeks)US	First published: May 31, 2016 Fifth Harmony feat. Fetty Wap
	The Mack	DE33 (14 weeks) DE	AT38 (7 weeks) AT	CH66 (11 weeks) CH	UK14th platinum (20 weeks)UK	US- gold US	First published: September 23, 2016 Nevada feat. Mark Morrison & Fetty Wap

Further guest contributions

• 2014: That Work (Dylie Dollas feat. Fetty Wap)
• 2014: Roll Up (Steve Stylez feat. Fetty Wap & Mike Rosa)
• 2014: Lit (Steve Stylez feat. Fetty Wap, Mike Rosa & D Millz)
• 2015: Ice Cream (Audrey Rose feat.Remy Ma & Fetty Wap)
• 2015: Dope Boy (DJ SpinKing feat. Cash Out & Fetty Wap)
• 2015: Buddy (JY feat. Fetty Wap)
• 2015: Promises ( Baauer feat. Fetty Wap & Dubbel Dutch)
• 2015: Keep It 100 ( Rich the Kid feat. Fetty Wap)
• 2015: Candy Land (Justina Valentine feat. Fetty Wap)
• 2015: Nobody's Better (Z feat.Fetty Wap)
• 2015: Over Night (Monty feat. Fetty Wap)
• 2015: Worry Bout It (Kirko Bangz feat. Fetty Wap)
• 2015: Gold Slugs ( DJ Khaled feat. Chris Brown , August Alsina & Fetty Wap)
• 2015: When I See Ya ( Ty Dolla $ ign feat. Fetty Wap)
• 2015: 1Hunnid ( K Camp feat. Fetty Wap)
• 2015: Classic (The Knocks feat.Fetty Wap & POWERS)
• 2015: Nobody's Better (Z feat.Fetty Wap)
• 2017: Text Ur Number (DJ Envy feat. Fetty Wap & DJ Sliink)
• 2017: Feels Great ( Cheat Codes feat.Fetty Wap & CVBZ) (US:gold)
• 2019: 100k (Just Chase feat. Fetty Wap)

statistics

Chart evaluation

DE  AT  CH  UK  US Number one albums DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK-UK US1US Top 10 albums DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK-UK US1US Albums in the charts DE-DE AT-AT CH1CH UK1UK US1US

DE  AT  CH  UK  US Number one singles DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK-UK US-US Top 10 singles DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK1UK US3US Singles in the charts DE3DE AT2AT CH4thCH UK8thUK US13US

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Australia 2015: for the single 679 2017: for the single Promise  Belgium 2016: for the single Bang My Head  Denmark 2016: for the single 679 2016: for the single Bang My Head 2017: for the album Fetty Wap 2018: for the single The Mack  Italy 2016: for the single All in My Head (Flex) 2017: for the single The Mack 2018: for the single 679  Canada 2018: for the single Keke  Sweden 2016: for the album Fetty Wap

Platinum record  Australia 2015: for the single Trap Queen 2016: for the single All in My Head (Flex) 2018: for the single Feels Great  Denmark 2015: for the single Trap Queen  Italy 2017: for the single Trap Queen  Canada 2017: for the single All in My Head (Flex)  Poland 2016: for the single Bang My Head  Sweden 2016: for the single 679 2016: for the single Bang My Head 2 × platinum record  Australia 2017: for the single The Mack  Italy 2016: for the single Bang My Head  Sweden 2016: for the single Trap Queen

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	-	2 × gold2	5 × platinum5	420,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	-	gold1	-	15,000	ultratop.be
Denmark (IFPI)	-	4 × gold4th	platinum1	160,000	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	-	3 × gold3	-	600,000	musikindustrie.de
Italy (FIMI)	-	3 × gold3	3 × platinum3	225,000	fimi.it
Canada (MC)	-	gold1	platinum1	120,000	musiccanada.com
Poland (ZPAV)	-	-	platinum1	20,000	bestsellery.zpav.pl
Sweden (IFPI)	-	gold1	4 × platinum4th	180,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	15,000	hitparade.ch
United States (RIAA)	-	4 × gold4th	27 × platinum27	29,000,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	3 × silver3	4 × gold4th	3 × platinum3	3,700,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	3 × silver3	24 × gold24	45 × platinum45

swell

1. ^ How Paterson's Fetty Wap conquered the music charts with 'Trap Queen' , Amy Kuperinsky, NJ.com, April 10, 2015
2. ↑ Who Is Fetty Wap? 8 Things to Know about Kanye West's Latest Co-Sign , Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, Feb. 13, 2015
3. ↑ ^{a b c d} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
4. ^ Another MTV VMAs, another controversial Miley Cyrus; Paterson's Fetty Wap wins artist to watch , Mesfin Fekadu (Associated Press), NorthJersey.com, Aug 30, 2015

Web links

Commons : Fetty Wap  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Fetty Wap at SoundCloud
• Fetty Wap at Allmusic (English)