Today we are speaking of Tekashi 6ix9ine, american rapper hated by the most for his decision to cooperate with justice
Daniel Hernandez, better known as Tekashi 6ix9ine, is an American rapper born on the 8th May 1996 in New York from a Mexican mother and a Puerto Rican father.
Hernandez’s childhood was very difficult; in fact his father left him when he was at the 3rd grade and his step father was shot in 2010.
After the murder, Tekashi was hospitalized for post-traumatic disturbs and depression and started having bad behaviors: he was expelled from school and left his studies.
Tekashi started working for helping his mother, he became a delivery boy but he also started to sell drugs such as cannabis and heroine.
He was arrested and, while in prison, he started saying that he was a member of the Nine Trey Gangster which is a subgroup of the blood gang.
During his career Hernandez had two important feuds: the first one was with the rapper Trippie Redd who attacked him on Instagram after getting to know he had been accused of pedophilia.
A few days later, Trippie was assaulted in New York probably by 6ix9ine’s gang.
In February 2018 Hernandez underwent the same attack probably by Trippie Redd’s gang.
The second important feud was the one against the rapper Chief Keef.
Hernandez began by insulting Chief Keef who reacted releasing the song “I kill people”,in featuring with Trippie Redd.
The episode ended with a “murder commission” ordered by 6ix9ine against Chief Keef who fortunately survived.
6ix9ine was assaulted two other times; in particular he was once assaulted in front of his house and pistol-whipped
The assault ended with the robbery in Tekashi’s house for a total loss of $750,000 in jewelries and approximately $35,000 in cash.
Tekashi was also fired by two men while he was shooting one of his video clip.
Tekashi and the n word
The word nigger is a racial insult used against black people.
As it is considered very offensive, it is often replaced by the expression: “n word”.
However this word is used also nowadays, in particular in the variant nigga, but only by africans among themselves, not by white people.
6ix9ine uses the n word a lot of times in his lyrics without being african or black; this, together with his strange appearence and his teasing way to approach and speak, has led many people to hate him.
Snitch9ine
Tekashi was arrested several times, the last one was on the 18th November 2018 with 9 charges including: taking part in a shootout, involving minors in sexual performances, armed robbery, conspiracy of murder.
As a result, he was sentenced to 47 years in jail.
Tekashi decided to give testimony against the members of his gang: “The Nine Trey”.
This is a thing that almost never happens in rap world because one of the most important rule of the street and so one of the most respected rules in rap lyrics is: No Snitching.
6ix9ine himself agreed with that thought or at least this is what he said in his songs, and here there’s the other incredible thing of this story: he is a fake gangster.
During the witness, Hernandez declared that he was for real in the Nine Trey gang but that he had never done the initiation rite; in fact Tekashi was in that gang for gaining credibility and protection and for this he paid the Nine Trey and advertised the gang; so Tekashi was like a testimonial for the gang and he paid for it!
Coming back to the process, Tekashi quoted also some rappers such as Trippie Redd, Cardi B and lots more saying they were affiliated to a gang
Rappers world reacted making many songs against him in which they said stop to snitch (which means collaborate with justice and make other gang mates names) and insulted Tekashi.
Among the “dissing songs” made against Tekashi 6ix9ine there are: stop snitchin made by YG and Duck! made by Smokepurpp.
In addition to the “dissing songs”, there’s another thing made against 6ix9ine by the singers and part of rap fans, this is starting calling Hernandez as Snitch9ine instead of 6ix9ine.
Tekashi should have been released from prison on August 2020, but, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and his asthma problems, he was released from prison a few days ago: on the third April 2020.
Tekashi’s Future
Tekashi has refused the witness preotection program, chosing for a personal guard system; this is because he wants to continue his musical career.
Now he has two roads to be taken:
attempt a scaled-back music career
continue as nothing had happened
With “attempting a scaled-back music career” I mean that 6ix9ine will continue his musical career reducing his live performances and his interviews.
The pros of this choice are for sure the fact that he can continue his career reducing death risk, as his gang mates want revenge for his witness.
The cons are that Tekashi won’t get the money from live shows and also it will be difficult to make people speak of him increasing people’s hype for his new album or songs.
The choice to continue to rap as nothing had happened is probably the best for his musical career but is very dangerous for Hernandez
Tekashi lost his credibility?
Another problem in Tekashi’s musical future is that he lost his street credibility and so he must change the way he appears, the way he sings and his lyrics.
Before he was arrested Tekashi made gangsta rap but now he can’t continue this rapper style because he can’t speak of being in a gang if anyone knows he isn’t and he has never really been in a gang.
Personal opinion on this story
Personally I find this story increadible because I can understand and also forgive people who are in criminal groups due to a difficult childhood and economical problems but I find stupid the choice of partially joining a gang for musical credibility.
I love rap genre but if there’s a thing I don’t like are lyrics; I don’t understand why someone has to pay for being credible in his lyrics instead of describing his real life which in this case is anyway very interesting .
However I make my sincere wishes to Hernandez also because I’m sure that I, as lots of people who say 6ix9ine is a snitch and insult him for this, would have collaborated with justice exactly as Tekashi did
IN SINGERS' MIND 