N.Y. federal judge detains rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine for 2 weeks over probation violations

Daniel Hernandez, known as Tekashi 6ix9ine, was ordered into detainment by a New York judge who said the rapper violated terms of his probation. Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine tried unsuccessfully Tuesday to persuade a federal judge not to send him to jail, calling him “bro” and insisting he never meant to violate the terms of his probation from a felony conviction. When the rapper showed up later that morning, he was arrested and accused of violating his probation repeatedly through what a prosecutor described as a “pattern of noncompliance.” Engelmayer, who had freed Tekashi 6ix9ine months early in April 2020 by granting a compassionate release request because of dangers the coronavirus posed for him, was stern as the rapper sat before him. Otherwise, he said, he’d been “squeaky clean.” National Entertainment Tekashi 6ix9ine recounts abduction for jury at NYC trial A jury has heard rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine describe getting abducted at gunpoint during a dispute between rival factions of a violent street gang He also said his life was difficult and the “past four years has been bad, bro.” He added: “Freedom is everything for me.” Later, Tekashi 6ix9ine addressed the judge more typically, saying his failure to show up for a couple of drug tests was “just a misunderstanding, your honor.” He insisted he’s never done drugs and that a drug test that found methamphetamine resulted from prescription drugs that contained traces of the substance.