Paterson rapper Fetty Wap pled guilty Wednesday to several driving offenses, including tinted windows, showing up to court with his pockets overflowing with cash. Watch video
CEDAR GROVE -- Paterson rapper Fetty Wap pled guilty Wednesday to several driving offenses -- including having tinted windows that were too dark -- and left court flashing stacks of cash after paying a small fine.
Police pulled over the rapper, whose real name is Willie Maxwell II, on July 6. He was arrested and released.
Paterson rapper Fetty Wap outside Cedar Grove Municipal Court Wednesday after pleading guilty to several driving offenses on Oct. 5, 2016 The rapper appeared in court Wednesday wearing black boots and an all-black sweatsuit with a stack of cash sticking out one of the pockets.
Maxwell, 25, pled guilty to failure to replace lost, destroyed or defaced license plates, having tinted windows that were too dark, and driving with a suspended license. He also pled guilty to a charge related to police responding to his home more than twice for false alarms.
The judge ordered Maxwell to pay $360 in fines. Maxwell said he was carrying about $165,000 in cash with him when asked outside the municipal building.
Navarro Gray, Maxwell's lawyer, told judge Nicholas S. Brindisi that the hip-hop star has applied for a special permit with the Motor Vehicle Commission to use tinted windows due glaucoma. Gray said the application was submitted and being reviewed.
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"DWB-AR, driving while black and rich," Maxwell told reporters while carrying hands full of cash.
"Yeah, money. Benjamin," Maxwell said when asked if anyone was in the car with him.
Since 2010, the 25-year-old rapper has had his license suspended numerous times for driving while suspended, failure to appear and non-payment of child support.
The multi-platinum selling rapper recently made headlines after he filmed a music video with numerous drug references and a stripper inside a Paterson high school.
As the rapper got into a car with dark tinted windows fans honked from the street and asked for photos.
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