Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine Strikes A Deal To End His Jail Stint After His Probation Arrest

Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine struck a deal to end his jail stint. He agreed to serve a month in jail for violating the terms of his release after a felony conviction.

During a federal court hearing in Manhattan on January 23, 2019, Tekashi, born Daniel Hernandez, pleaded guilty to nine charges stemming from his involvement in a violent drug-trafficking gang and was set to face a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.

In addition to several other alleged members and associates of the Nine Trey Bloods gang, the rapper was charged in November 2018 with racketeering conspiracy and firearms charges, a federal indictment revealed.

He admitted in court to being a Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods member who engaged in “shooting at people, robbing people and, at times, drug trafficking.”

On April 2, 2020, Tekashi was granted an early release from Manhattan federal prison due to concerns about coronavirus (COVID-19). The rapper spent last four months of his sentence in home confinement.

The rapper’s lawyer, Lance Lazzaro, asked that he be removed from prison on “compassionate release” since he has asthma, which he stated would put him at more of a risk for the disease. The judge agreed and eventually let him out for home confinement.

Around the same time, the rapper also pleaded not guilty to violating the terms of his release between September 7 and October 8 by leaving Florida without permission to travel to Las Vegas, neglecting to comply with mandatory drug testing and testing positive for methamphetamine.

He apologized and told the judge he was “not a bad person.”

Federal prosecutors announced his deal on November 6.

The deal with federal prosecutors was described in a letter endorsed by a Manhattan federal judge.

According to the letter, Tekashi must serve a month behind bars for infringing upon conditions of his supervised release, which is part of his probation from a federal racketeering and firearms case plea deal.

The rapper must serve a month of home incarceration, a month of home detention and a month of curfew.

He will also be subject to electronic monitoring and will need to submit to supervision from the court’s Probation Department for another year.

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