Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine has reached a deal with federal prosecutors to serve a month behind bars for violating the terms of his release after a felony conviction. The agreement, endorsed by a Manhattan federal judge, outlines a sentence that includes a month in jail, followed by a month of home incarceration, a month of home detention, and a month of curfew, along with electronic monitoring.
The performer, whose real name is Daniel Hernandez, is set to be sentenced immediately after admitting to the violations at a hearing scheduled for November 12. The judge overseeing the case will require explanations from both sides as to why a one-month jail term followed by three months of home incarceration, detention, or curfew is deemed sufficient for the repeated probation violations.
As per the terms of the deal, Tekashi 6ix9ine will be under the supervision of the court's Probation Department for an additional year. The 28-year-old artist was arrested on October 29, just a few months shy of completing his court supervision, after his probation officer reported that he had failed to comply with travel permission rules and had also failed drug tests.
In 2019, the judge sentenced Tekashi 6ix9ine to two years in prison in a racketeering case, following his guilty plea to charges related to violence associated with the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods gang. He was released early from his prison sentence in April 2020 due to health concerns amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
During a recent hearing, the judge expressed disappointment over the artist's failure to adhere to the rules, highlighting that compassionate release had been granted to him during the pandemic. Tekashi 6ix9ine apologized to the judge, asserting that he is not a bad person.
