Tekashi 6ix9ine spills the whole lot about his former gang, names Trippie Redd in testimony

Tekashi 6ix9ine spent a lot of Tuesday and Wednesday on the stand delivering ample testimony in opposition to his former crew members within the 9 Trey Bloods. With an absence of reserve that’s any prosecutor’s dream, the rapper, born Daniel Hernandez, has revealed piles of details about quite a few gang actions and affiliations.

To recap, 6ix9ine had been related to the 9 Treys for the reason that onset of his profession, tapping alleged high-ranking member Kifano “Shotti” Jordan as his supervisor. (Jordan pleaded responsible to a pair of firearm prices earlier this 12 months and can spend 15 years in jail.) After a sequence of incidents, together with monetary disputes and an notorious brawl at LAX, 6ix9ine fired lots of the 9 Treys on his crew. In retaliation, members of the gang allegedly kidnapped, robbed, and beat the rapper in July 2018.

By November, he had fully severed all ties with 9 Treys, but it surely was too late; federal authorities executed sweeping warrants, arresting 6ix9ine and different gang associates on quite a few prices associated to racketeering, firearm possession, drug trafficking, and conspiracy to commit homicide. Dealing with 47 years to life in jail, 6ix9ine pleaded responsible and copped a plea deal — one thing he’s accomplished a handful of occasions earlier than.

Taking the stand in a Manhattan federal court docket on Tuesday, 6ix9ine stated he had agreed to cooperate with the prosecution inside 24 hours of being arrested. He additionally claimed he was by no means initiated into the gang himself, although thought of himself a member. As an alternative, he was provided safety and “avenue cred” in change for a lower of his income. In response to TMZ, if 6ix9ine obtained a $250,000 payday, he’d hand $65,000 to the 9 Treys. Publicizing that affiliation and cultivating his brash persona on the Web was all a part of a ploy to create a worthwhile picture.

“That’s what folks favored,” he stated (by way of The New York Instances). “It was only a components, a blueprint that I discovered that labored.”

6ix9ine was testifying in opposition to Aljermiah “Nuke” Mack and Anthony “Harv” Ellison, each of whom he recognized because the 9 Trey members who had kidnapped him final summer time. He additionally identified numerous different gangsters in his video for “GUMMO”, which was performed in court docket. In response to 6ix9ine, his former supervisor Chris Ehigiator launched him to fellow rapper and 9 Trey member Seqo Billy in the summertime of 2017. It was this affiliation that led to the gang members showing within the “GUMMO” clip, and 6ix9ine’s assembly Shotti.

What’s extra, he admitted “GUMMO” was a diss observe directed in opposition to Trippie Crimson — whom he recognized as a member of a rival Bloods unit together with Casanova. “Me and Trippie Redd have been signed to the identical label,” defined 6ix9ine (by way of HipHopDX). “There was a whole lot of jealousy concerned… We had a track collectively, it was profitable. Then jealously, we received into on-line disputes.

In some unspecified time in the future, 6ix9ine informed Shotti he needed one thing accomplished about Trippie, and the supervisor organized an assault at Trippie’s resort. 6ix9ine tagged alongside, however remained within the automobile. In response to 6ix9ine, Ellison punched Trippie within the mouth in the course of the assault, and that’s when 6ix9ine introduced him on as his bodyguard.

On Wednesday, 6ix9ine detailed how his relationship with the 9 Treys soured. It started in March 2018, after 6ix9ine had booked a gig in Austin, Texas with out checking with Rap-A-Lot Information. The label runs dominion over Texas, and 6ix9ine testified that “Rap-A-Lot heavies” blocked his entrance into the venue. Because of this, the present was canceled and the rapper misplaced between $10okay and $15okay (by way of TMZ). Ellison received offended with Shotti for not standing as much as the rival label, which led 6ix9ine to fireplace him. Ellison’s alleged revenge was the kidnapping and beating just a few months later.

6ix9ine went on to say Rap-A-Lot head J. Prince occurred to be in New York Metropolis a month after the Austin incident. 6ix9ine testified that he rode within the car with Shotti and extra 9 Trey members once they went to enact their payback. Shotti and the others robbed Rap-A-Lot representatives within the resort foyer whereas 6ix9ine filmed from the automobile. Footage of the crime was performed in court docket.

As his testimony continued, 6ix9ine detailed quite a few shootings with which he was concerned. One concerned two males who harrassed him in a NYC restaurant in April 2018. Shotti pistol-whopped the boys and fired at their car as they sped off, although he missed. One other concerned 6ix9ine’s crew bumping into Casanova’s at Brooklyn’s Barclays Middle. 6ix9ine was there to stroll boxer Adrien Broner into the ring, and once they noticed Casanova within the tunnel, a brawl ensued. Shotti ordered one of many 9 Treys to open fireplace, however nobody was hit.

6ix9ine is predicted to be sentenced in January 2020. In change for all of this unbelievable forthcoming testimony, prosecutors have agreed to petition for a decreased sentence.