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Anthony “Harv” Ellison, the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods member convicted of kidnapping 6ix9ine back in July 2018, has yet to be sentenced after being found guilty in a trial last year. In a nine-page letter filed on Wednesday and obtained by Complex, the federal government recommended that Ellison should serve 360 months—or 30 years—to life in […]
In September 2019, Tekashi 6ix9ine spent three days testifying against his former compatriots in the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods. In this episode of Infamous: The Tekashi 6ix9ine Story, narrator Angie Martinez takes you inside the courtroom, examining what happened and why it happened. Why did Tekashi decide to turn against his former manager Shotti and the rest of […]
The latest episode of the Complex/Spotify podcast Infamous: The Tekashi 6ix9ine Story finds narrator Angie Martinez delving into the most dangerous moments of the controversial rapper’s rise. In April 2018, Tekashi’s feud with Rap-a-lot Records and its founder J. Prince led the rainbow-haired rapper and members of the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods to commit a shocking robbery in […]
Aljermiah “Nuke” Mack smiled as he entered Judge Paul Engelmayer’s federal courtroom on Monday, being sentenced for his role in the 6ix9ine-related Nine Trey racketeering case. And he had the same smile as he left to cheers of, “We love you, Nuke!” despite being sentenced to 17 years in prison. Mack, 34, was one of […]
The fourth episode of the Complex and Spotify podcast Infamous: The Tekashi 6ix9ine Story, narrated by Angie Martinez, delves into the reason so many people loved and hated the rapper: his never-ending stream of beefs. Ludacris, Chief Keef, Bhad Bhabie, YG, Vic Mensa, Adrien Broner, and countless others clashed with the rainbow-haired rapper during his year […]
In April of 2018, Tekashi 6ix9ine made headlines when a gunshot was fired in the corridors of Brooklyn’s Barclays Center arena during a clash between his crew and affiliates of Casanova. On Wednesday, the shooter in that incident, Fuguan “Fubanger” Lovick, was sentenced to 85 months in prison. Lovick, 41, entered Judge Paul A. Engelmayer’s […]
Who was Tekashi 6ix9ine before he became Tekashi 6ix9ine? The first episode of the new podcast Infamous: The Tekashi 6ix9ine Story, put out by Complex and Spotify, answers that question. Angie Martinez narrates the story of Daniel Hernandez, a kid from Bushwick, Brooklyn who turns a chance meeting in a deli into a burgeoning rap career—while […]
The 6ix9ine case isn’t completely over just yet, but it got one step closer. Anthony “Harv” Ellison, convicted in October of kidnapping and robbing the rainbow-haired rapper, asked Judge Paul Engelmayer last month for a new trial—or, alternately, to reverse the jury’s guilty verdicts against him. His co-defendant Aljermiah “Nuke” Mack made a similar motion, asking for the judge […]
6ix9ine may find out his fate sooner than many expected. In a letter obtained by Complex that was sent on Friday (Oct. 4) to Judge Paul Engelmayer, who is presiding over the racketeering case that swept up 6ix9ine and 11 others, U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman tells the judge that the rapper’s legal team “respectfully requests […]
The final day of Tekashi’s testimony was full of rarities, old favorites, surprises, and plenty of unexpected boldface names. Daniel “Tekashi 6ix9ine” Hernandez wrapped up his time on the stand in the trial of accused Nine Trey Gangsta Blood members Anthony “Harv” Ellison and Aljermiah “Nuke” Mack by continuing to retrace his path from outrageous […]
