North Jersey Rapper Fetty Wap Nominated For 2 American Music Awards

Paterson wrapper Fetty Wap has been nominated for two American Music Awards.

Wap, whose real name is Willie Maxwell II, has been nominated for the New Artist of the Year and Favorite Artist — Rap/Hip-Hop.

The 2015 American Music Awards will be broadcast live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles Nov. 22 at 8 p.m. on ABC. Jennifer Lopez will host this year’s event.

Fans can vote one of three ways online this year. They can vote for each category once per day and per platform by visiting AMAvote.com, posting a status on Facebook that includes the nominee’s name and the category’s hashtag, or posting a tweet that includes the nominee’s name or Twitter handle, the category name and #AMAs within the post(s).