Tekashi 6ix9ine Sentenced in Gang Case

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6ix9ine has been sentenced to 24 months in prison after cooperating with prosecutors in their attempts to bring down the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods. The verdict was announced by U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer in New York on Wednesday. 6ix9ine, whose real name is Daniel Hernandez, faced a maximum of 47 years in jail for his crimes.

Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine was sentenced to two years in prison Wednesday for his entanglement with a violent street gang that fueled his rise to fame. He was spared a much harsher possible sentence because of his extraordinary decision to become a star witness for prosecutors. The 23-year-old performer, whose real name is Daniel Hernandez, could have been sentenced to decades in prison for crimes that included orchestrating a shooting in which an innocent bystander was wounded.

Thirteen months after his arrest on federal charges, Tekashi 6ix9ine has been sentenced to 24 months in prison with five years of supervised release, a judge announced in a Manhattan courtroom today (December 18). The sentence includes time served, which is 13 months, meaning 6ix9ine is expected out of prison by the end of 2020, but an exact release date has not been established.

Tekashi 6ix9ine has been given a sentence in his drugs and weapons case.

Controversial Brooklyn rapper 6ix9ine was sentenced to 24 months in prison today followed by five years of supervised release for his role in a variety of gang-related crimes, defying some predictions that his cooperation with authorities would lead to his immediate release but shaving decades off his potential maximum sentence.

Spotify will continue to grow its podcast presence in the new year with the launch of Infamous: The Tekashi 6ix9ine Story, an eight-part series about the New York rapper. The series, co-produced by Complex, will launch on January 28 exclusive to Spotify.

Tekashi 6ix9ine is scheduled to receive his sentencing on Wednesday morning (Dec. 18), following his guilty plea earlier this year to a number of charges accusing him of joining the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods, a violent New York street gang. 

With just hours remaining until rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine learns his fate in the drugs and weapons case against him, two victims of a robbery alleged to be orchestrated by the gang he belonged to are speaking out. 

Tekashi 6ix9ine is getting an eight-part documentary podcast series dedicated to him titled Infamous: The Tekashi 6ix9ine Story from a new partnership between Spotify and Complex.