{"id":974015,"date":"2019-12-12T09:47:04","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T16:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=925884"},"modified":"2019-12-12T09:47:04","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T16:47:04","slug":"tekashi-6ix9ine-shares-apology-letter-ahead-of-sentencing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/music-news\/tekashi-6ix9ine-shares-apology-letter-ahead-of-sentencing\/","title":{"rendered":"Tekashi 6ix9ine Shares Apology Letter Ahead of Sentencing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tekashi 6ix9ine<\/a> expressed remorse over his actions and affiliations with the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods in a letter<\/a> to Judge Paul A. Engelmayer, via The New York Post<\/em><\/a>, ahead of the rapper\u2019s sentencing next week, December 18th.<\/p>\n

Back in February, 6ix9ine \u2014 real name Daniel Hernandez \u2014 pleaded guilty<\/a> to racketeering and firearms charges, which came with a mandatory minimum sentence of 47 years in prison. But Hernandez ended up cooperating with prosecutors and testified at the trial of two former associates and purported members of the Nine Tray Gangsta Bloods, both of whom were found guilty<\/a>. Hernandez\u2019s letter arrived one week after prosectors issued their own letter<\/a> recommending Hernandez\u2019s sentence be reduced.<\/p>\n

\u201cI find it difficult to find the right words to express what my life has been like for the last year,\u201d Hernandez wrote. \u201cIt honestly feels like my world is crashing down. There is no excuse, no justification and no apology good enough in this world to explain my crimes. While I have been incarcerated, I have had time to reflect on the recklessness and foolishness of my decisions\u2026 I\u2019m happy that the public was able to witness me dealing with the consequences of my actions because I feel like it sheds a light on what can come from gang affiliation. I know that this is part of the plan that God has for me and I am confident that I am ready to face this thing head on.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Hernandez acknowledged his affiliation with the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods, who played a key role in his rise as a rapper (his former manager, Kifano Jordan a.k.a. Shotti, reportedly brought together the crowd of red-clad men seen in the viral video for Tekashi 6ix9ine\u2019s breakout hit, \u201cGummo\u201d). He added that even after distancing himself from the gang, he knew he would remain a target, and touched on his kidnapping and the moment he learned that the mother of his child and a co-defendent were having an affair and stealing from him.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI had a feeling of relief when I was arrested by the Government because I felt stuck, like the gang had control of my life and that I would never be able to escape their grip,\u201d Hernandez wrote. \u201cI needed to do something before it was too late.\u201d<\/p>\n

Still, Hernandez closed by saying he does not consider himself a victim because \u201cmy actions contributed to this mess.\u201d He continued: \u201cI now know that I am remorseful for what happened because I was blessed with the gift of an opportunity that most people dream of but I squandered it by getting involved with the wrong people and misrepresenting myself when I should have been true to myself and my fans. I\u2019m sorry to the victims who were affected by my actions, to my fans who look up to me and were misled, to my family  <\/span>who depends on me and to this courtroom for this mess that I contributed to.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Tekashi 6ix9ine expressed remorse over his actions and affiliations with the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods in a letter to Judge Paul A. Engelmayer, via The New York Post, ahead of the rapper\u2019s sentencing next week, December 18th. Back in February, 6ix9ine \u2014 real name Daniel Hernandez \u2014 pleaded guilty to racketeering and firearms charges, which came […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-974015","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-14 18:08:46","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KFMU Solar Powered Radio","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/974015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=974015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/974015\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=974015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=974015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=974015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}