Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine has reached a deal with federal prosecutors to secure his freedom.
He agreed to serve a month behind bars for violating the terms of his supervised release, which is part of his probation as part of a federal plea deal in a racketeering and firearms case.
The rapper, born Daniel Hernández, will also have to serve one month of home incarceration, one month of house arrest and one month of curfew, according to a letter partially approved by a federal judge in Manhattan. Tekashi will also be subject to electronic monitoring and must submit to supervision by the court’s probation department for another year.
The “GUMMO” singer was about to serve a five-year supervised release sentence when he was arrested in Las Vegas on October 29. At a later hearing, prosecutor Jonathan Rebold told the judge that Tekashi had tested positive for methamphetamine on two occasions. in the weeks before his arrest and that he failed to appear for the mandatory drug test.
The 28-year-old rapper then pleaded not guilty to having violated the conditions of his release between September 7 and October 8 by leaving Florida without authorization to go to Las Vegas, by not complying with drug tests. mandatory drugs and being drug positive. methamphetamine. He also apologized and told the judge he was “not a bad person.”
In 2018, Tekashi was arrested in New York on racketeering and firearms charges, stemming from his involvement in the Nine Trey Bloods gang. After initially pleading not guilty, Hernandez took a plea deal in February 2019 and pleaded guilty to nine counts, admitting that he ordered a member of Nine Trey to shoot rival rapper Chief Keef. He also testified against alleged Nine Trey members in an attempt to get a shorter prison sentence.
Judge Paul Engelmayer ultimately sentenced him to two years in prison, but Tekashi was released in early April 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Engelmayer said Wednesday he will sentence the artist on his latest set of charges at a Nov. 12 hearing, during which both sides will have to explain why the sentences are sufficient punishment for repeated probation violations . Tekashi will also have to confess to these violations.
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