Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine arrested in New York

Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine was arrested on October 29 on suspicion of violating his conditions of supervised release. 

The federal authorities said that he was arrested on a warrant issued by the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. 

Tekashi 6ix9ine, whose real name is Daniel Hernandez was arraigned on the same day. He pleaded not guilty, court records said.

The rapper’s lawyer, Lance Lazzaro, said in a statement that the rapper was charged with three technical violations regarding his supervised release. Lazarro said, “We are confident that each specification will be dismissed.”

This is not the first time that the rapper has had trouble with the law. In 2019, Tekashi 6ix9ine was sentenced to a reduced two years in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to racketeering, firearms offences and drug trafficking. He was also sentenced to five years of supervised release.

He had faced up to 47 years, but prosecutors recommended a lesser sentence after he cooperated with them and helped put away two leaders of a violent New York gang.

In 2018, he was arrested in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on domestic violence charges after allegedly assaulting his girlfriend, the Dominican rapper Yailin la Más Viral.

The rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine rocketed to international fame in late 2017 with the release of his debut single “Gummo.”