6ix9ine is one of the most famous rats in hip hop.
The rapper shocked the world after he agreed to testify against members of his former gang,
the 9ine Trey Gangsta Bloods.
Now he’s back on the street like nothing happened.
But the 9 treys he snitched on still ain’t forgot about the rapper.
6ix9ine is originally from Bushwick, Brooklyn.
He blew up in late 2017 with the success of his track Gummo.
The video for the song was shot on a block in Bed Stuy Brooklyn
and featured a large group of bloods, many from the 9Trey Gangstas.
One of the bloods in the video was a dude named Shotti,
who became 6ix9ine’s manager
and introduce him to other high-ranking members of the gang.
6ix9ine was not from the gang before that video shoot.
He grew up in the neighborhood and many people knew him.
But he never got put on to officially claim 9trey.
The rapper got a lot of criticism early on after images popped up online
showing him claiming cripp before he was famous.
But 6ix9ine just brushed that off and said he was never really a cripp,
he just knew some people who were so he went with it.
But Shotti noticed that 6ix9ine had a talent for attracting attention
and saw an opportunity to make money.
So, he introduced him to the rest of the crew.
He was right about the money part, but the overall decision later lead to his downfall.
The video for Gummo was a hit and racked up hundreds of millions of views on YouTube.
It peaked at number 12 on billboard and stayed on the chart for 20 weeks straight.
Something about a rainbow-haired rapper
posted on the block with a bunch of bloods got the world’s attention and made him go viral.
But 6ix9ine was doing more than just hanging around the 9ine Trey’s
and shooting music videos.
He got heavily involved in the gang's activities like drug dealing, attempted murders,
kidnappings, extortion, and long list of other crimes.
But, while he was committing these crimes, he was also blowing up in the rap game.
Part of what helped 6ix9ine advance his career
was the constant beef he was starting with other rappers from Chief Keef to YG to J Prince.
And Part of what gave him the confidence to even start the beefs
was because he had the protection of the 9ine Trey Bloods.
6ix9ine reached the top of the rap game faster than almost anyone in the history of music.
But behind the scenes, his relationship with his gang was becoming strained.
In the early morning of July 22nd, 2018,
6ix9ine got kidnapped, beaten, and robbed by three men in Brooklyn.
He had just finished filming the video for the song FeFe featuring Nicki Minaj and Murda Beatz,
when he was snatched up, and pistol-whipped by three robbers outside of his crib.
They beat him up and stole about $750,000 in custom jewelry and $35,000 in cash.
6ix9ine managed to escape and called the cops who took him to the hospital.
At first, many fans thought the robbery was fake
and just a publicity stunt to hype up his album.
But 6ix9ine made it clear that it was real.
It later came out in court that he was kidnapped by members of his former gang
directed by Anthony “Harv” Ellison, a high-ranking member of the 9ine Treys.
Harv felt like 6ix9ine was making the gang look weak with his behavior
and wanted to send a message.
The entire incident was captured on tape
and Harv was convicted of the kidnapping because of 6ix9ine’s testimony.
By that point, there was already tension forming between 6ix9ine and his gang.
The rapper accused Shotti, who was acting as his manager,
of stealing money from him and sleeping with his baby mama, Sara Molina.
Both Shotti and Sara have denied this accusation,
but 6ixnine has continued to use that as a reason for snitching.
So with all this tension building,
it was only a matter of time before something bad happened.
On November 16th, 2018,
6ix9ine did an interview with the Breakfast Club where he said
the only thing he feared was God and the FBI.
Only two things I'm scared of in life
God first
and the FBI.
Two days later on November 18th,
6ix9ine, Shotti, and three other associates were arrested in a major RICO indictment.
6ix9ine was hit with federal firearms charges, conspiracy to commit murder,
armed robbery, and other charges.
He was facing life in prison if convicted.
He was denied bail and forced to stay in the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.
At first, he got placed in general population.
But after getting into it with some cripps,
the rapper got sent to a different facility for security reasons.
So, facing the possibility of life in prison,
6ix9ine decided to break the street code and cooperate with the authorities.
He told them everything he knew about the operations of the gang.
On February 1st, 2019, 6ix9ine pled guilty to nine charges.
A few weeks later it was revealed that he signed a plea agreement
to fully cooperate with authorities in the case, in exchange for a reduced sentence.
During the trial, not only did he snitch on members of his own gang,
but he also agreed to testify about gang affiliations of other rappers
like Trippie Red, Jim Jones, and Carti B.
In total 11 other members of the 9ine Trey Bloods were brought down in the indictment
and either pled guilty or were found guilty in court.
On December 18th, 2018,
6ix9ine was sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to pay a $35,000 fine,
complete 1,000 hours of community service, and serve five years of supervised release.
He was awarded time served for the 13 months he was already in jail.
Then in April 2020,
he got out and was ordered to serve the rest of his sentence on house arrest.
The COVID-19 pandemic had just begun
and a judge approved his release because he suffers from asthma.
So, after spending less than 18 months behind bars, 6ix9ine was now a free man.
Many assumed he would go into witness protection after getting out
But he turned it down and decided to hire his own security instead,
so he could continue his music career.
Many thought this would be a death sentence.
But surprisingly 6ix9ine was able to return home
and get right back to the antics that made him famous.
He dropped the track Gooba in May 2020, which quickly racked up hundreds of millions of views.
At one point in the video, a picture of a rat is animated over his face,
just to taunt the people he put in prison.
But after that, 6ix9ine’s music career started to die down.
He got canceled by the hip-hop community and few other rappers would be seen with him.
He’s still had some success with his music
but nothing close to the level he was at earlier in his career.
He’s continued to troll other rappers and start beef online,
which has gained him some clout.
But now that everyone knows he’s working with the feds, he won’t have the same impact.
He regained the spotlight for a moment
after going on DJ Akademik’s new podcast Off the Record with Wack100.
He sat down with Wack to discuss why he snitched and what it means to be a gangster.
The podcast was all over the place
but it went viral and put the rapper’s name back in the headlines.
During the interview, he made some shocking statements.
He revealed that he often goes outside with no security and doesn’t fear for his life.
He also said he always keeps $1million in cash on him
and has no fear of getting robbed.
Even if he has no security with him,
he still benefits from the fact that if anything happens to him,
the police will be all over it.
But he’s still desperate for the respect he feels like he lost from snitching
and is out to prove that he’s the toughest rapper in the industry, even though he snitched.
6ix9ine may feel comfortable walking around without security now.
But none of the 9Trey members he put in jail forgot about what he did.
After the interview with Wack100,
6ix9ine did a series of conversations on clubhouse
where he tried to shift the blame onto other members of the 9Trey Bloods.
He accused his former associate Kooda B of snitching on himself during the trial.
As part of a plea deal,
Kooda admitted to being involved in the shooting of Chief Keef outside the W Hotel in July 2018.
But Kooda said that 6ix9ine was the one who pushed them to do the shooting
because he was beefing with Keef at the time.
He also claimed he was not the main shooter but doesn’t say who was.
But according to 6ix9ine, this made him a snitch.
Kooda responded from jail to set the record straight and let it be known that his paperwork is good
and he’s not going back and forth with a rat.
Me cooperating is not even in my schedule you heard?
And I got my paperwork right now I'm in the spot
Any where I go my paperwork is good
On Clubhouse, 6ix9ine also suggested
that Dipset rapper Jim Jones was also an informant.
Jim Jones is also from the 9trey Bloods
and still had relationships with multiple members that 6ix9ine knew.
During the trial,
a conversation between Jim Jones and a high-ranking member of the gang
named Mel Matrix was played.
they agree that 6ix9ine is embarrassing Shotti.
They can be heard saying that the rapper needs to get “superviolated” for the disrespect.
6ix9ine questioned how Jim Jones could be caught on tape talking about wanting to take him out
yet face no consequences if he wasn’t also cooperating.
Wack 100 also agreed with 6ix9ine’s claim and called on Jim Jones to explain himself.
Jim Jones responded by posting a different conversation he had with Mel Matrix from jail.
In the clip, Mel calls Wack and 6ix9ine ****
and says that the bloods in prison don’t respect Wack.
During the interview with Akademiks and Wack100,
6ix9ine also shared that he recently got a DM from Shotti’s IG account.
The DM said “Yo what’s up Danny, This Kemani. Let me holla at you”.
Kemani is Shotti’s son.
6ix9ine made it seem like he DM’d him to patch things up or ask for money.
But apparently, after the interview,
Shotti called Akemiks to make things clear.
He said his son wasn’t DMing him looking for money but wanted to run the fade.
He also told Akademiks that there were things 6ix9ine did that never came to light.
But they were so bad, that his reputation would never recover.
That’s why he never expected him to snitch and felt so betrayed when he did
because 6ix9ine caused a lot of the situations that they’re doing time for.
But, in the end, he don’t blame him for his own sentence,
because he knew how he was moving.
He was ready to kill anyone who messed with him and do 20 years behind it,
so he can’t blame another man for his circumstances.
So even though 6ix9ine escaped prison time, he still has a black cloud hanging over his head.
He might be able to move around freely now because he still has the feds on his side.
But sooner or later, he’s going to have to face the consequences of his actions.