In today’s meme culture, it will be very easy for 6ix9ine to come back.Īt the start of his career, I remember Hernandez rapping alongside fellow New York hardcore rapper Zillakami on the track “Hellsing Station,” setting the stage for Hernandez’s aggressive delivery, but instead of spitting about guns and money, he went for a darker, horrorcore style. Regardless, Hernandez has declined witness protection and will instead hire a 24-hour security crew to continue his rap career. The testimony and viral “6ix9ine snitching” meme has labeled Hernandez as the biggest snitch in the history of hip-hop, resulting in rappers like Meek Mill and Snoop Dogg condemning his actions.Įven West Coast rapper YG put out “Stop Snitching,” a street anthem against 6ix9ine and tattletales. Hernandez folded on everyone, including Jim Jones of The Diplomats and the game’s hottest female act, Cardi B. With a 47-year prison sentence staring him in the face, the 23-year-old rapper decided to testify against his fellow gang members associated with the investigation in exchange for a reduced sentence. He pled guilty of racketeering, drug trafficking and gun charges due to his affiliation with the Nine Trey Gangsters, a set of Bloods from the New York area. Regardless of the “rat” label, I feel rapper Daniel Hernandez, popularly known as Tekashi 6ix9ine or just 6ix9ine, will be able to continue his takeover of the mainstream hip-hop landscape. In the hip-hop community, snitching is one of the worst offenses to the “G-code” one can make. So far, two members of the gang have been found guilty on charges ranging from kidnapping to racketeering.ĭidn’t your momma ever tell you not to tell on people? “For security reasons, he’s not responding to them at this point.According to hip-hop magazine XXL, Daniel Hernandez, better known as 6ix9ine, and his lawyer requested an expedited sentence after testifying against his former associates. He loves hearing from his fans,” she said. “All his fans love him and Danny loves all his fans. She said he was receiving mail from fans. “He has to be separated from the people who threatened him,” Florio said. “In the very beginning of the case when we found out that my client’s security was at risk because of threats by his co-defendants, we have done everything to protect himself and his family,” she said, adding that those efforts continued.Ħix9ine is being housed in a federal prison at an undisclosed location. His attorney Dawn Florio said 6ix9ine’s safety was a chief concern. With his deal with prosecutors, 6ix9ine can gain leniency at sentencing from an otherwise mandatory minimum 47 years in prison if he admits to all crimes and testifies truthfully. “I apologize to the court, to anyone who was hurt, to my family, friends and fans for what I have done and who I have let down,” 6ix9ine said. 6ix9ine said he also was paid for participating in the sale of a kilogram of cocaine in 2017. That shooting, he added, occurred in Manhattan. On 2 June last year, he said, he “paid a person to shoot at a rival member of Nine Trey to scare him”. The rapper said he also helped other gang members rob people at gunpoint as part of a pledge by new gang members to commit at least two crimes. He said he also “knew that another member of Nine Trey had a gun and discharged that gun”. “I did this to maintain or increase my own standing in Nine Trey,” he told Judge Paul A Engelmayer.
In 2015, he was sentenced to probation for appearing in a video in which a 13-year-old girl performed a sex act on another man.ĭuring the plea, 6ix9ine said he joined the Nine Trey Blood Gang in fall 2017 and helped gang members try to kill a rival last March.
He pleaded guilty in Brooklyn to disorderly conduct in connection with a May traffic stop. He publicly identified himself as a member of a street gang. But he also seemed intent on ruining his prospects for runaway, entertainment world success.