What landed Tekashi 6ix9ine another prison term? Judge gives rapper three months after latest guilty plea

6ix9ine will ring in 2026 locked up.

On Friday, Dec. 5, the rapper, who testified in the 2019 racketeering trial that made him a controversial hip-hop figure, faced Judge Paul Engelmayer in Manhattan federal court, receiving a three-month sentence for supervised release violations, including cocaine and MDMA possession, plus battery.

Per reports, prosecutors were seeking a jail sentence of up to nine months for the contentious performer, whose real name is Daniel Hernandez, after he pleaded guilty to violating the terms of his supervised release.

His sentencing reflects the continuation of his legal troubles originating from the racketeering case, where he testified against the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods in exchange for leniency. After pleading guilty, he was granted early release in 2020.

Billboard also reported that 6ix9ine continually violated his five-year supervised release.

In late 2024, the SHAKA LAKA hitmaker received a 45-day sentence after he pleaded guilty to using drugs and traveling to Las Vegas and Sarasota without permission.

6ix9ine placed on home detention before 6-month prison sentence

Earlier this year, apart from being discovered to own MDMA and cocaine, 6ix9ine reportedly assaulted a man in a Florida mall. At the time, the judge told him:

"Five violations say to me that you believe the rules don't apply to you. Maybe you believe that because you're a famous rapper, Tekashi 6ix9ine?"

The rapper, while he accepted responsibility for his violations, responded:

"I don't want to go back in the box."

Following his Florida mall squabble, Engelmayer ordered him to be placed on home detention with electronic monitoring. One of the rapper's attorneys, Lance Lazzaro, said:

"I think the judge made the right call just for the fact that he's pending sentence, it would have been too drastic of a remedy to put him in jail."

He continued:

"He went to a mall with his family, and a person who had a gun threatened him and called him a snitch and started a whole situation. He has to live every day with people doing stupid things to him and provoking him, which clearly was the case here."

At the time, the artist's lawyers asserted that he was discovered with only a "very small amount" of drugs and that the assault didn't lead to severe injuries.

Lazzaro also argued that the custodial punishment would become "much more severe, difficult, and even dangerous, when compared to a typical inmate." He continued:

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"Due to Mr. Hernandez's classification, he always serves his jail time segregated and fully isolated from other inmates. As a result, Mr. Hernandez is given extremely limited social interaction with other inmates and very little time outside to get fresh air and exercise."

6ix9ine will start his sentence on Jan. 6, 2026.

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