Fetty Wap

Born with a gift for melody that set him apart in the hip-hop world, Fetty Wap broke through with an immediately recognisable sound that blended trap beats with sung hooks and an effortless vocal style rooted in New Jersey rap culture. His rise in the mid-2010s was rapid and hard to ignore, with a string of radio-dominating tracks that leaned heavily into catchy, looped melodies over hard-hitting production.

What made Fetty Wap distinctive was his ability to straddle the line between rap and R&B, delivering emotionally direct lyrics with a melodic delivery that felt fresh against the harder edges of contemporary trap. His self-titled debut album arrived to commercial success and cemented him as one of the defining voices of that era in hip-hop.