Young Thug and others will join him for the Holiday Hot Night show in Providence.

Rapper Fetty Wap has a command for people coming out to the Holiday Hot Night show at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center Wednesday night: “You gonna turn up,” the 25-year-old musician said in an email interview with The Providence Journal.

Born and raised in a housing project in Paterson, New Jersey, the rapper’s life changed in 2014 with the SoundCloud release of his hit “Trap Queen,” a love song about cooking and selling crack cocaine with his girlfriend, according to the artist’s SoundKick page. To date, the song has been streamed more than 145 million times.

Willie Maxwell’s reputation for making “fetty,” a slang word for money, earned him his nickname. “Wap” was added as a tribute to Gucci Mane, who goes by the alias GuWop. Atlanta-rapper Gucci Mane is Fetty Wap’s favorite living artist, he told The Journal.

He’s also known for his face tattoos, which, he told Pitchfork, he uses to accentuate his missing eye — which he lost to glaucoma as a teenager. He added, “If they gonna stare, I’m gonna give them something to look at.”

He will be joined at the Hot 106-sponsored show by eccentric Young Thug, whose recent mix tape JEFFERY earned critical acclaim. The album, released just after his 25th birthday, features 10 tracks named after his idols, like Kanye West, Floyd Mayweather, Rihanna and Harambe (the gorilla).

Young Thug, born Jeffery Lamar Williams in Atlanta, is touring for his new album and will hit stops in Pennsylvania, Virginia and Michigan before visiting the Ocean State.

Artists ABoogie, Monty and JDuce will also take the stage on Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving.

Fetty Wap told The Journal he hopes his performance of such songs as “679,” “My Way” and “Jimmy Choo” puts a smile on listeners' faces.

“I want my fans to party with me,” he said. “I feed off their energy.”

— jtempera@providencejournal.com

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If you go ...

"Holiday Hot Night," featuring Fetty Wap and Young Thug, is at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Dunkin' Donuts Center, 1 La Salle Square, Providence. Tickets start at $35 and are available at ticketmaster.com or (800) 745-3000.