6ix9ine Bio

Tekashi 6ix9ine was a short-lived star who captured America's attention through a series of provocations. He was hip-hop's most famous troll who was adept at stirring anger, and then transforming it into feverish fame. Although it's a strategy that's been employed before, 50 Cent dissed his way into rap's throne in the early 2000s, but 6ix9ine's rapid success with the world's largest audience was only possible in the time of smartphones. You didn't have to like the rapper, you only had to have an opinion. "He is the Donald Trump of the music industry," Elliot Grainge, the director of Tekashi's label 10K Projects, told me this summer. When we look at the statistics and discover that 80 percent of comments are negative. However, if we show you the analytics on who writes the hateful comments, it's those who attend the shows and purchase the T-shirts!" The "Gummo" video sent Hernandez on three distinct tracks one of which has made him famous, one that made him famous; and one that may make him quit his career. "Gummo," powered by the bizarre, unforgettable 6ix9ine photo, became an instant hit that went platinum in just a few months. The rabid popularity of the song led to the revelation of Hernandez's past life before fame which included a guilty plea to child-sex crimes, a case that would define Hernandez in the eyes of the world. But it was his meeting with Kifano Jordan, a.k.a. "Shotti," that would be the most important moment of the summer day in Brooklyn. Shotti was allegedly a member of the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods which is one of the subsets of the violent prison gang founded at New York's Rikers Island prison in 1993. He created the horde of men who posed a threat in the clip, and at some point in the future, he became Tekashi's official manager. The authorities later claimed that he posed a threat to Tekashi's safety. The people who knew Hernandez very well believe that, prior to his meeting with Shotti and Tekashi, he wasn't involved in gang activities at all. In the 12 months after that video shooting in Brooklyn, Hernandez would be in jail, facing 32 years to life for charges including armed robbery and attempted murder.