Tekashi 6ix9ine release

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Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine has struck a deal for his release from prison following multiple parole violations. He will spent a month in jail before being sent home for three months of home incarceration subject to electronic monitoring.

Judge Paul A. Englemayer said he would sentence the rapper, real name Daniel Hernandez, immediately after he admits to the violations during a November 12 hearing. He will require each side to explain why a one-month jail sentence followed by three months of home incarceration, detention, or curfew are sufficient for a repeated parole violator.

The terms of the release also require Tekashi 6ix9ine to submit to supervision from the court’s Probation Department for a full year after release. The rapper was just a few months shy of being free from court supervision when he was arrested on October 29 for violating his parole. A parole officer complained to the court that the rapper was not following rules about obtaining permission in advance to travel and that he had failed mandated drug tests.

Judge Engelmayer sentenced the rapper to two years in prison back in 2019 on racketeering, weapon possesssion, and conspiracy to commit murder charges. That came after Tekashi 6ix9ine pleaded guilty to charges accusing him of joining a gang called the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods and directing its members to commit violence. After his two years in prison, the judge also imposed a $35,000 fine and five years of supervised release with 1,000 hours of community service.

In April 2020, the rapper was freed months early after complaining that his preexisting conditions (asthma and bronchitis) made him more susceptible to catching COVID.

Engelmayer made note of the compassionate release for the rapper, saying he was disappointed in the artists’ failure to follow the rules after doing so. Tekashi 6ix9ine apologized to the judge and told him he was not a bad person.