Rapper Tekashi69—who partnered up with the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods, a notorious New York City street gang, as he rose to fame—was sentenced Wednesday to 24 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release after flipping on his former crew. Clad in a navy prison jumpsuit, the 23-year-old
Rapper Tekashi69—who partnered up with the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods, a notorious New York City street gang, as he rose to fame—was sentenced Wednesday to 24 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release after flipping on his former crew.
“Your Honor, allow me to inspire people. Not only the young people here, but the millions around the world listening and watching,” he said, leaning over the defense table as he spoke to the judge. “Apart from the number and vengefulness of these attacks, there’s also that they were to benefit you,” Engelmayer added. “Before you, the gang didn’t fight with rap entourages. They had no independent interest in going after musicians and their management groups.”
At his sentencing, an innocent bystander who was shot in the foot during an incident involving the gang testified before the court about the pain she suffered. The relationship ended less than a year later as his fame grew, however, and the group devolved into dangerous infighting. It became so toxic that one of his former associates even kidnapped him and forced him to turn over thousands of dollars in jewelry—including a diamond-encrusted necklace of a pony with rainbow hair like his own, the rapper said.
“I knew I had a winning formula for my music videos: repeat the gang image. That’s what people liked,” he testified, adding that after the second music video he was “officially a Nine Trey member.” Tekashi said that although he participated in a number of crimes—including filming an armed robbery in Times Square and paying another Nine Trey member to shoot a rival rapper—he was mostly valued because he gave the gang access to his bank account.
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