RAPPER TEKASHI 6IX9INE SENTENCED TO THREE MONTHS IN PRISON FOR PROBATION VIOLATION IN GANG CASE. (PHOTO).

 Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine sentenced to three months in prison for probation violation in gang case

NEW YORK - Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine was sentenced Friday to three months in prison for violating the terms of his supervised release in a New York gang case, stemming from both an assault and drug possession.

The 29-year-old Brooklyn artist, whose real name is Daniel Hernandez, admitted to the violations in federal court in Manhattan. Judge Paul Engelmayer, who presided over the hearing, criticized Hernandez for repeatedly disregarding the conditions of his release, noting that he had previously received a 45-day sentence late last year for similar violations. “From time to time your actions suggest that you believe that ordinary rules don’t apply to you,” the judge said, emphasizing that another prison term was necessary to send a message.

Hernandez, who gained fame with his 2017 hit “Gummo,” recounted in court several instances in which he and his family were threatened because of his cooperation in the gang case. He described a coffin left outside his home containing an animal and an incident where three masked gunmen held his mother at gunpoint.

In 2018, Hernandez pleaded guilty to involvement with the violent Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods gang. He received a two-year prison sentence in 2019 followed by five years of supervised release, largely due to his cooperation in the racketeering case against gang members. He was released early from federal prison during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

Friday’s sentencing arose from two main incidents: small amounts of cocaine and ecstasy found at Hernandez’s Miami home during a police raid in March, and an assault in August on a man at a Florida mall who taunted him over his cooperation against gang members. Hernandez’s attorney had requested six months of home confinement for the violations.