It's the moment we've all been waiting for. For the last twelve months, we've all been wondering what would happen to Tekashi 6ix9ine. The rainbow-haired Brooklynite was arrested in relation to the Nine Trey Blood gang takedown for drugs, guns, organized crime, shootings, robberies, and more. Directly after his arrest, the rapper, whose real name is Daniel Hernandez, began cooperating with the feds, informing them of all that went down during his time with the gang. He did so as a means to potentially reduce his sentence and, today, we'll find out if his strategy worked.
Hernandez is currently in court, awaiting his fate like the rest of us. The sentencing trial began at 10 AM EST this morning and, thus far, Judge Paul Engelmayer has laid out the guidelines of the sentencing and detailed letters he's received from Tekashi69's alleged victims. The rapper has been labelled a "category 2" criminal offender due to his past actions involving sexual performance with a minor. The judge also confirmed that one of the charges against 6ix9ine was dropped, related to firearms. That means that his maximum sentence has been lowered to thirty-seven years in prison.
Matthew Russell Lee of the Inner City Press is in court right now and he is live-tweeting the sentencing. We will continue to update this post with new information until 6ix9ine's fate is revealed.
https://twitter.com/_/status/1207315930264547328
https://twitter.com/_/status/1207316286667206657
https://twitter.com/_/status/1207316898553192449
https://twitter.com/_/status/1207317326338646016
https://twitter.com/_/status/1207317601032056832
https://twitter.com/_/status/1207317965244370944
https://twitter.com/_/status/1207318368086302721
https://twitter.com/_/status/1207318889589293056
https://twitter.com/_/status/1207319173854048256
https://twitter.com/_/status/1207319955466833920
https://twitter.com/_/status/1207320253618958344
https://twitter.com/_/status/1207320677419798532
https://twitter.com/_/status/1207320796928118784
https://twitter.com/_/status/1207321102852272128
https://twitter.com/_/status/1207321600783204353
https://twitter.com/_/status/1207321825937629184
https://twitter.com/_/status/1207322700181585920
https://twitter.com/_/status/1207324705952280577
https://twitter.com/_/status/1207325335609659393
https://twitter.com/_/status/1207325710911787009
https://twitter.com/_/status/1207326250747998210
https://twitter.com/_/status/1207326644823871488
https://twitter.com/_/status/1207327203953979398
https://twitter.com/_/status/1207327963609477122
https://twitter.com/_/status/1207328254367076352
https://twitter.com/_/status/1207328509288427521
https://twitter.com/_/status/1207328939670167552
https://twitter.com/_/status/1207329351345283072
https://twitter.com/_/status/1207332542191427584
https://twitter.com/_/status/1207332896610177026
https://twitter.com/_/status/1207333180530921473
https://twitter.com/_/status/1207344735351902208
https://twitter.com/_/status/1207344913563738113
https://twitter.com/_/status/1207345272759734274
https://twitter.com/_/status/1207345572996435968
https://twitter.com/_/status/1207345826697302016
https://twitter.com/_/status/1207346237969780736