Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine has reached a deal to shorten his current jail sentence, agreeing to serve a month behind bars for violating the terms of his release after a felony conviction. The deal, approved by federal prosecutors and a Manhattan federal judge, includes a month of home incarceration, a month of home detention, and a month of curfew, with electronic monitoring.
Judge Paul A. Engelmayer will sentence Tekashi 6ix9ine, whose real name is Daniel Hernandez, immediately after he admits to the violations at a hearing on November 12th. Both sides will have to justify why a one-month jail sentence followed by three months of home confinement is sufficient for the probation violations. The terms of the deal also require Tekashi 6ix9ine to be supervised by the court’s Probation Department for an additional year.
The rapper, 28, was close to the end of his court supervision when he was arrested on October 29th for failing to follow rules regarding travel permissions and failing drug tests. In 2019, Engelmayer sentenced him to two years in prison for racketeering charges related to violence directed by the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods gang, to which he belonged.
After being released early from his prison sentence in April 2020 due to health concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic, Tekashi 6ix9ine faces consequences for his recent probation violations. Despite his apologies and claims of not being a bad person, Engelmayer expressed disappointment in the artist’s failure to comply with the rules, especially after granting him compassionate release earlier in the pandemic.
The upcoming hearing on November 12th will determine the final sentencing for Tekashi 6ix9ine, as he faces the consequences of his actions and violations of probation.
