He took one other rap.
Jailbird rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine admitted Wednesday to violating the phrases of his supervised launch after a raid turned up MDMA and cocaine in his bed room.
However in trade for the responsible plea, Manhattan federal prosecutors not solely agreed to drop different drug and gun expenses in opposition to the famously flamboyant musician, but in addition efficiently requested for his sentencing be delayed so he may full group service.
“It appears the defendant has turned a nook,” Assistant US Lawyer Jonathan Rebold informed the choose about Tekashi 6ix9ine, whose actual identify is Daniel Hernandez.
“We imagine that there’s a price in permitting the defendant to go within the appropriate course.”
The 29-year-old face-tattooed and previously rainbow-haired rapper appeared subdued, quiet and even depressed in the course of the listening to.
Hernandez, sporting a black hoodie and boxer braids in his undyed hair, informed Decide Paul Engelmayer that he has been seeing a psychiatrist as soon as per week for melancholy and PTSD.
However he additionally copped to not taking his prescribed Zoloft, an antidepressant.
Engelmayer agreed to delay Hernandez’s sentencing for the violation till Sept. 25, and warned that additional lawbreaking shenanigans from the hiphop star over the following two months will carry extreme penalties.
“The court docket would have the authority to impose a jail time period of as much as 5 years,” the choose mentioned, noting the sentencing pointers name for a less-harsh punishment.
“On every of those violations, the rules suggest a time period of 3-9 months in jail.”
The supposed new leaf that Hernandez is popping may assist put his troubled previous behind him.
Hernandez in 2019 infamously snitched in opposition to his former gang associates within the 9 Trey Gangsta Bloods. He pleaded responsible within the racketeering case and acquired a two-year jail sentence — however was let loose in April 2020 in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic due to his bronchial asthma.
The Bushwick, Brooklyn native didn’t keep out of hassle, racking up a protracted path of civil lawsuits, a brutal beating in a Florida fitness center toilet, a home violence case within the Dominican Republic, amongst different woes.
He was arrested in November 2024 after his probation officer complained that he had failed drug checks and was touring with out permission.
Federal probation officers raided his residence in March and located medication stowed in his toilet cupboard, resulting in his newest court docket listening to.
Hernandez, who has accomplished 260 hours of his mandated 300 hours of group service, pulled his hoodie over his head after the listening to.
“No remark,” the once-boisterous rapper mentioned as he left court docket.
