Fetty Wap: media appearances
Fetty Wap: Chris Brown Tour
One of the defining features about Maxwell, for better or for worse, is his eye, which he lost to glaucoma, a condition he was born with and had to get reconstructive surgery when he was 12. He no longer wears a prosthetic because he "doesn't want to look like everybody else."
Wap opens up about how he overcome his lack of confidence
"When I was little, I used to be scared to look into the camera ... I feel more natural now."
He goes on talk a little about his childhood with the one eye.
"When I was little, they always tried to make me get disability checks. I went to regular school, nobody knew. Everybody thought I was cross-eyed or just had a lazy eye," Wap explained. "I took it out one day in school and everyone went, 'Woah!' Now everyone in the town call me one-eyed Woodie."
Wap's music, notably his voice is unique from other rappers today and he notes that in the interview making a distinction from others in the genre.
"I just make music that I think people would like to hear," he said to Martinez. "I don't necessarily call my music hip-hop, I just call it Fetty Wap music. I'm a melody person. I make melodies and add flavor to it."
Wap is prepping for go on tour with a trio of major R&B pop stars, Chris Brown, Omarion and Teyana Taylor this fall. See the full details and list of tour dates here. Watch the interview below.
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