Rapper Tekashi69 and 6ix9ine pleaded guilty to racketeering, weapons possession and attempted murder

22-year-old Brooklyn-based rapper and hip hop artist Daniel Hernandez, better known as Tekashi69 and 6ix9ine, pleaded guilty to 9 offences and agreed to cooperate with Federal prosecutors.

6ix9ine, his former Manager, Kitano Jordan and two friends — Gensel Butler and faheem Walter was arrested in November last year on charges of racketeering and armed attacks. According to court documents, the rapper and his associates are included in the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods is a «criminal organization whose members, among other things, homicide, robbery and drug trafficking».

26 November 2018 lawyer lance Lazzaro said his client is «absolutely innocent of all accusations.» But this week, 1 February, a Manhattan Federal court released information about his confession.

In his statement, Hernandez said he joined the Nine Trey Blood Gang in the fall of 2017 and helped the gang members try to kill a rival in March last year.

«I did it to maintain or improve their position in the Nine Trey» — he said to the judge Floor A. Engelmayer.

According to him, on June 2 last year, he «paid the man, that he fired at the opponent from Nine Trey to scare him.» He added that the shooting occurred in Manhattan.

6ix9ine admitted that he also paid for the participation in the sale of kilos of cocaine in 2017. The rapper is in Federal prison, although the location of the institution is not disclosed.

«It needs to be separated from the people he threatened,» — said the lawyer, Dawn Florio.

If convicted, they could get sent to jail for 47 years. Earlier he was threatened with life. The sentence for Hernandez will be determined on 23 January 2020.

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