After supposedly violating his controlled release, Tekashi 6ix9ine was imprisoned on Tuesday.
The 28-year-old Bushwick singer pleaded not to be put back in jail after being returned to Manhattan  federal court where he notably sang like a parakeet against members of the Nine Trey Bloods group five years ago. He told a judge his sentence has “been poor, bro.”
6ix9ine, whose real name is , Daniel Hernandez, pleaded not guilty to violating the terms of his five-year controlled release at least three times , between Sept. 7 and Oct. 8.
He’s accused of leaving the , Southern District , of , Florida , without judge permission to travel to , Las Vegas, Nev., failing to comply with required regular drug tests, and testing positive for methamphetamine.
Then sporting a bleached white hairstyle, the strongly painted Hernandez addressed the judge after his counsel and Manhattan Federal Judge , Paul Engelmayer , urged him never to.
” You’re my judge. I do n’t wanna be in front of you. I know how tight you are”, the” GUMMO” rapper said. ” I know you’re very — a smart person — so I ca n’t stay here and lie to you”.
Hernandez was detained in 2018 on suspicion of criminal and murder crime, which could result in up to 30 years in prison. He admitted guilt to nine group, gun, and drug-related offenses that required a minimum of 37 times, but he was finally given two years after entering a plea bargain with the feds and actively working with the Nine Trey Bloods.
Due to the health issues the singer faced during COVID-19, Engelmayer, who at the time of punishment claimed Hernandez had used Fourteen Trey as his own “personal strike squad,” ordered Engelmayer to release him from a two-year sentence in 2020 on sympathetic grounds.
Telling Engelmayer his situation in the years since his arrest had “been poor, bro”, Hernandez said,” You already gave me a long career of abuse”.
Hernandez said he’d been” squeaky clean” ever since his release and that he was in good standing with various federal prosecutors, his probation officers and other members of law enforcement, saying,” I’m not a piece of, uh, I’m not a bad person”.
I’ve been on parole for four and a half years. I’m coming over to my last six times”, Hernandez said. ” What I wanna tell you, Judge Engelmayer … In the last six months, why would I mess up now”?
Earlier in the reading, Engelmayer said he was troubled by the claims and several other incidents, including Hernandez’s many detention in the , Dominican Republic , for an alleged physical altercation, reportedly skipping court schedules and charges of domestic violence and power.
Within the , U. S., he noted Hernandez had gotten a speeding ticket for going 198 mph in a 50-mph zone in an unregistered vehicle, plus had attempted in vain to travel to , Germany  , and , Russia,” the latter of which sounds like a particularly ill-advised idea”, he said.
Hernandez’s attorney,  , Lance Lazzaro, argued that the positive drug tests were false and stemmed from a prescription his client had for Adderall.
Lazzaro told the judge the rapper had not traveled to , Las Vegas , for criminal intent, arguing he went” to try and survive”.
” To try and survive” ? , Judge Engelmayer , responded, sounding incredulous.
” To make money”, Lazzaro clarified.
Hernandez was kept in custody until his next court appearance, which Engelmayer ordered for at least two weeks.
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