A mom from Denver wrote heartfelt letter to Fetty Wap thanking him for giving her 10 year-old son Jayden the courage not to wear his prosthetic eye. Incase you didn’t know at birth Fetty Wap was diagnosed with a rare eye disease called, congenital glaucoma, which caused him to have one of his eyes removed. For most of his life the New Jersey rapper, wore a prosthetic eye however stopped when his rap career began to take off to maintain a unique image. Like Fetty Wap, 10 year-old Jayden wore a prosthetic eye after being diagnosed with Retinoblastoma, a rare tumor in the retina. After Jayden learned of Fetty Wap he was inspired to take out his prosthetic eye. His mother wrote a Facebook post thanking the “Trap Queen” rapper for being such an inspiration to her son. Check out the touching letter below.
(Video) Fetty Wap & His Mom Explain His Eye In More Detail (Plus – Find Out How The Drake Collab Came About!)
As he was leaving Fallon last night, TMZ cameras stopped Fetty Wap, and asked him about his eye. Though he’s already explained why he only has one, Fetty included some new details we haven’t heard before, and Mama Wap was there to co-sign. (He’s also speaking SO much clearer than he has in previous interviews – a sign of what was likely some lovely media training!) He also spoke with FADER yesterday, and explained how the Drake collab came about:
Drake reached out through Instagram, Fetty said. “He sent me a DM, and I sent him my number. When I landed from Tampa a couple of days ago, and as soon as I landed and turned my phone off of airplane mode, he was FaceTiming from DC where he was playing ‘My Way’ at a club. He was like, ‘Yo, I want to cut the record tonight.’ Next thing I know, I checked my email and it was there.”
