6ix9ine Sued By American Express For Credit Card Debt

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The New York-born and Miami-based rapper apparently owes the credit card company about $120,000.

Tekashi 6ix9ine's woes keep piling up, despite the rapper trying to keep his head up after a group of men attacked him in a gym bathroom. Now, however, his opposition is trying to face him in court instead of the streets, as American Express just filed a lawsuit against him. Moreover, the provocateur allegedly owes the credit card company about $120,000 in the form of credit card debt, according to Radar Online. After some time pursuing repayment, AmEx resorted to legal action as a means to get the rainbow-haired MC to respond to his debt. Furthermore, it seems like he was hard to track down in the first place.

Despite initial struggles, a process server tracked 6ix9ine down on March 23, finding him at Delicias Cuban Bakery in Miami. According to Radar Online, the server spotted the artist's blue Lamborghini and followed him inside the establishment. Then, after he confirmed his identity, he presented the 26-year-old with the legal documents. Given that it's been about two weeks since that incident, it's unclear how Tekashi will respond or resolve this issue with American Express.

6ix9ine Sued For Credit Card Debt

MIAMI, FLORIDA - DECEMBER 17: Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine performs during the MiamiBash 2021 at FTX Arena on December 17, 2021 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by John Parra/Getty Images,)

Speaking of responses, 6ix9ine recently opened up about the gym beatdown in various interviews and on Instagram. "For me, it was tough to watch because it was so unexpected,” he told NBC 6 South Florida. “It’s cowardly. When I look at it, I just see hate, right? Imagine being someone who doesn’t know someone from a hole in the wall. I’ll give you an example: today is the first day that I meet you, I don’t know you from anywhere, I could have heard something about you that I may have an opinion on, but I don’t know you to hate you.

“Does that give me the right to attack you? To ambush you?” he continued. “I think it was cowardly. I think it was opportunistic, but again I’m not mad because I know in the streets there are no rules. I’m at a loss for words because they saw an opportunity and they took it." Regardless of your take on that, stick around on HNHH for updates on this story and the latest from 6ix9ine.

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Gabriel Bras Nevares is a staff writer for HotNewHipHop. He joined HNHH while completing his B.A. in Journalism & Mass Communication at The George Washington University in the summer of 2022. Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Gabriel treasures the crossover between his native reggaetón and hip-hop news coverage, such as his review for Bad Bunny’s hometown concert in 2024. But more specifically, he digs for the deeper side of hip-hop conversations, whether that’s the “death” of the genre in 2023, the lyrical and parasocial intricacies of the Kendrick Lamar and Drake battle, or the many moving parts of the Young Thug and YSL RICO case. Beyond engaging and breaking news coverage, Gabriel makes the most out of his concert obsessions, reviewing and recapping festivals like Rolling Loud Miami and Camp Flog Gnaw. He’s also developed a strong editorial voice through album reviews, think-pieces, and interviews with some of the genre’s brightest upstarts and most enduring obscured gems like Homeboy Sandman, Bktherula, Bas, and Devin Malik.
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