Rapper 6ix9ine Admits Gang Membership Pleads Guilty To Nine Charges

Brooklyn rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine has pleaded guilty to nine federal charges, admitting his participation in a violent gang and pledging to cooperate with prosecutors against others.

The plea was entered last week by the 22-year-old rapper, whose legal name is Daniel Hernandez. Information about it was unsealed Friday in Manhattan federal court.

During the plea, 6ix9ine said he joined the Nine Trey Blood Gang in fall 2017 and helped gang members try to kill a rival last March. 

He also admitted involvement in the shooting of rival rapper Chief Keef last June, the transcript reveals, Page Six reported.

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Brooklyn rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine, seen here last year,  has pleaded guilty to federal charges, admitting his participation in a violent gang and pledged to cooperate with prosecutors











Rapper, Daniel Hernandez (left), admitted involvement in June's Chief Keef (right) shooting

The artist said that soon after joining the gang he helped others try to kill a rival gang member last March.

'I did this to maintain or increase my own standing in Nine Trey,' he told Judge Paul A. Engelmayer. 

He said he also 'knew that another member of Nine Trey had a gun and discharged that gun.'

The rapper said he also helped other gang members rob people at gunpoint as part of a pledge by new gang members to commit at least two crimes.

Last June 2, he said, he 'paid a person to shoot at a rival member of Nine Trey to scare him.' 

That shooting, he added, occurred in Manhattan. 6ix9ine said he also was paid for participating in the sale of a kilogram of cocaine in 2017.

Hernandez admitted being paid for selling a kilo of heroin in 2017, and claimed his actions were a result of a desire to rise higher in the ranks of the gang.   




The 22-year-old (pictured in a Texas court August 22) faces life in prison in murder, robbery and extortion conspiracy










6ix9ine is being housed in a federal prison, though the location of the institution is undisclosed. He's pictured last month during a visit from his girlfriend Jade

With the plea deal, 6ix9ine can gain leniency at sentencing from what otherwise would have been a mandatory minimum 47 years in prison.

If he admits all nine crimes and testifies truthfully when summoned he could be partially off the hook.

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In October he was linked to a shooting in New York.  A brawl broke out at a Manhattan restaurant between security for record label 10k Projects and Tekashi's entourage. A third party opened fire and struck the rapper's guard in the torso.

Tekashi said sorry to those affected by his actions, according to the court transcript from last week. 






Hernandez stated: 'I apologize to the Court, to anyone who was hurt, to my family, friends and fans for what I have done and who I have let down.' 

Attorney Dawn Florio said 6ix9ine's safety was a chief concern.

'In the very beginning of the case when we found out that my client's security was at risk because of threats by his co-defendants, we have done everything to protect himself and his family,' she said, adding that those efforts continue.

6ix9ine is being housed in a federal prison, though the location of the institution is undisclosed.




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The music artist (pictured with daughter Saraiyah) could have his minimum of 47 years in prison reduced by cooperating with investigators







'He has to be separated from the people who threatened him,' Florio said.

She said he is receiving mail from fans.

'All his fans love him and Danny loves all his fans. He loves hearing from his fans,' she said. 'For security reasons, he's not responding to them at this point.'

He has 15.5 million followers on Instagram. His album Day69: Graduation Day was among the top-sellers on iTunes following its February release.

6ix9ine had a multiplatinum hit song, Fefe, with Nicki Minaj, which peaked at No. 3 on the pop charts, and Stoopid, featuring the incarcerated rapper Bobby Shmurda.

He pleaded guilty in Brooklyn to disorderly conduct in connection with a May traffic stop. In 2015, he was sentenced to probation for appearing in a video in which a 13-year-old girl performed a sex act on another man.

A message seeking comment was left for 6ix9ine's lawyers.