Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine will be serving three months in the same Brooklyn jail where Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife are being held, in addition to accused CEO killer Luigi Mangione.
The rapper, whose real name is Daniel Hernandez, turned himself in to the Metropolitan Detention Center on Tuesday, and he apparently has high hopes for meeting the ousted Venezuelan leader.
“I want to dance with Maduro!” Tekashi told TMZ before surrendering himself to authorities. He appeared to be making a nod to Maduro’s public dance moves, which the New York Times reported convinced some of the Trump administration that he was mocking them.
Tekashi told the outlet that he plans to invite Maduro to play cards. He also said that if he crosses paths with Mangione, he hopes to tell the alleged shooter all about the support he receives on social media.
The rapper will be calling the MDC home for the next 90 days after he pleaded guilty last year to violating the terms of his probation in a New York gang case by assaulting a man at a Florida mall and keeping drugs at his home. He’ll be serving his time at the same notorious detention center that has housed such infamous inmates as Ghislaine Maxwell, R. Kelly and Sean “Diddy” Combs.
In an Instagram video on Monday, Tekashi spoke about all the “clout-worthy” encounters that he’s hoping to experience behind bars.
“Yo guys, remember when I told you that I was arrested, I was in prison with Diddy, the president of Honduras and Sam Bankman-Fried, I believe, the FTX guy. And you guys thought I was lying?”
“Now I’m about to go meet the president of Venezuela. I have that luck of just being locked up with presidents,” he continued. “Oh, and I’m about to meet Luigi too, Luigi Mangione. About to play chess with them n—as, eat ramen noodles.”
Whether or not Tekashi will actually have the opportunity to meet Maduro and Mangione has yet to be seen, though he’s expected to be kept separate from the general population, likely in the same area as those high-profile men, his attorney told ABC 7.
As for Maduro, the Venezuelan president has been held at the MDC after a U.S. military operation captured him and his wife from their home in Caracas early Saturday morning and brought them to New York to face federal narco‑terrorism charges.
During their first court appearance on Monday, the former leader asserted they were “kidnapped” from their home and insisted that he’s “still the president” of his country.
Maduro and his wife pleaded not guilty. The couple is expected to remain detained at the MDC for the time being.
Mangione, who’s facing trial for the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, has also pleaded not guilty. He’s been at the MDC since his arrest in December 2024. A trial date has not yet been set.
