Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine is arrested for a possible parole violation

NEW YORK (AP) — Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine was arrested in New York Metropolis on Tuesday for alleged parole violations that have been set when he was sentenced a number of years in the past to 2 years in jail in a racketeering case.

The performer, whose actual title is Daniel Hernandez, was set to seem Tuesday afternoon earlier than the federal choose who sentenced him in December 2019.

His sentencing got here after he pleaded responsible in 2019 to costs accusing him of becoming a member of and directing violence by the gang often known as 9 Trey Gangsta Bloods.

The rapper was arrested on the Manhattan federal courthouse on Tuesday on a warrant issued by. Choose Paul A. Engelmayer.

Tekashi 6ix9ine’s legal professionals didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.

Engelmayer wrote in an order posted on the courtroom’s file of the prior case in opposition to the rapper that he can be arraigned for allegedly violating the situations of his supervised launch.

In January, the rapper was arrested within the Dominican Republic on home violence costs.

Authorities there additionally detained him in October 2023 after he was accused of assaulting an area music producer.

In January, the rapper’s legal professional, Waldo Pimentel, accused prosecutors within the Dominican Republic of “fabricating” proof in opposition to his consumer.