Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine has struck a deal with federal prosecutors to secure his freedom.
He has agreed to serve a month behind bars for violating conditions of his supervised release, which is part of his probation from a federal racketeering and firearms case plea deal.
The rapper, born Daniel Hernández, will additionally be required to serve a month of home incarceration, a month of home detention and a month of curfew, according to a letter partially endorsed by a Manhattan federal judge. Tekashi will also be subject to electronic monitoring, and he will have to submit to supervision from the court’s Probation Department for another year.
The “GUMMO” performer was just months away from completing a five-year term of supervised release when he was arrested in Las Vegas on Oct. 29. During a subsequent hearing, prosecutor Jonathan Rebold told the judge that Tekashi had tested positive for meth twice in the weeks before his arrest and that he failed to show up for a required drug test.
The 28-year-old rapper at the time pleaded not guilty to violating the terms of his release between Sept. 7 and Oct. 8 by leaving Florida without permission to travel to Las Vegas, failing to comply with mandatory drug testing and testing positive for methamphetamine. He also apologized and told the judge he was “not a bad person.”
Back in 2018, Tekashi was arrested in New York on racketeering and firearm charges, stemming from his involvement with the Nine Trey Bloods gang. After initially pleading not guilty, Hernandez entered into a plea deal in February 2019 and pleaded guilty to nine charges, admitting that he had ordered a Nine Trey member to shoot at rival rapper Chief Keef. He also famously testified against alleged Nine Trey members in bid to secure a shorter prison term.
Judge Paul Engelmayer ultimately sentenced him to two years behind bars, but Tekashi was freed early in April 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Engelmayer on Wednesday said he will sentence the performer on his latest round of charges at a hearing on Nov. 12, during which both sides will have to lay out why the terms are sufficient punishment for repeated violations of probation. Tekashi will also be required to confess to those violations.
With News Wire Services
