New York — Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine He was sentenced to another three months in prison Friday for violating the terms of his supervised release in a New York gang case by assaulting a man and possessing drugs.
The 29-year-old artist from Brooklyn, whose real name is Daniel Hernandez, admitted to the abuse during a hearing in federal court in Manhattan, where Judge Paul Engelmayer expressed frustration that Hernandez continued to get into trouble. The rapper got Penalty of 45 days Late last year for breaching the terms of his supervised release.
“From time to time, your actions indicate that you believe the normal rules do not apply to you,” the judge said, adding that another prison sentence was needed to send a message to Hernandez.
Hernandez, who rose to fame with the release of his song “Jomo” in 2017, gave a lengthy speech in court, describing several episodes in which he and his relatives were harassed and threatened because of his cooperation with the authorities in the gang case.
He added: “Unidentified persons left a coffin in front of my house with an animal in it to send me a message.” “Three masked gunmen held my mother at gunpoint.”
Hernandez pleaded guilty in 2018 to his involvement with a violent New York-based gang, called the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods. He was sentenced to a reduced sentence Two years in prison In 2019, he followed up with five years of supervised release for his cooperation in a racketeering case against gang members.
He was even released from federal prison several months ago during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
Friday’s ruling was related to the discovery of small amounts of cocaine and ecstasy in the rapper’s Miami home during a police raid in March and his punching of a man who taunted him at a Florida mall in August for cooperating against gang members. His lawyer had requested house arrest for six months due to the violations.