Rapper 6ix9ine (Daniel Hernandez) has been in jail mainly because of a 2018 federal racketeering case tied to the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods, and more recently for violating the terms of his supervised release with drugs and an assault.

Quick Scoop

  • 6ix9ine was arrested in 2018 on federal racketeering and related violent crime charges connected to the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods gang in New York.
  • He later pleaded guilty and cooperated with prosecutors, testifying against other gang members, which drastically reduced the long prison sentence he was facing.
  • After being released early in 2020, he was put on supervised release (similar to probation) with strict rules about travel, drugs, and behavior.

Why he was in jail originally

  • The 2018 case accused him of involvement with a violent gang that carried out shootings, robberies, and other crimes in New York City.
  • He pleaded guilty to multiple counts in that racketeering case and avoided decades in prison by becoming a government witness against fellow Nine Trey members.

Why he’s back in jail now

  • Courts say he repeatedly broke the rules of his supervised release: unauthorized travel, using drugs like cocaine/MDMA, and skipping or failing drug tests.
  • In 2025, a judge gave him about three more months in prison after police found drugs at his Miami home and after he punched a man who taunted him in a mall, which counted as an assault and a violation of his release terms.

Ongoing situation and latest news

  • Judges have warned that his pattern of ignoring rules shows he thinks “the usual rules do not pertain” to him, which is part of why they’ve sent him back to prison more than once.
  • As of late 2025, reports say he has been ordered to report for another short federal prison term tied to these supervised-release violations, on top of his earlier gang case history.

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