Tekashi 6ix9ine

Daniel Hernandez (born: ), known professionally as 6ix9ine (pronounced six nine) or Tekashi69 (stylized as Tekashi 6ix9ine), is an American rapper. His music is marked by an aggressive style of rapping, while his controversial public persona is characterized by his distinctive rainbow-colored hair, extensive tattoos, public feuds with fellow celebrities, and substantial legal issues. Initially facing 32 years to life in prison for racketeering, Tekashi snitched on his former Nine Trey Gangsters associates and ended up sentenced to 2 years in prison. He was released in April 2nd, 2020. 
==History==
Daniel started his career in 2014. He started releasing various tracks, until he changed his appearance for internet memes. He dyed his hair rainbow-colored and he started adding tattoos all over his body. He ended up becoming much bigger in the scene from 2016. In July 2017, His Instagram, Reddit and Twitter posts become famous.
==Controversies==
===Choking a 16-year-old at a Houston mall===
On July 12, 2018, Tekashi 6ix9ine was arrested for choking a 16 year old at a Houston Mall.https://www.complex.com/music/2018/05/6ix9ine-wanted-allegedly-choking-16-year-old-in-houston-mall All charges were eventually dropped after the teenager decided not to take legal action.https://web.archive.org/web/20190918214304/https://pitchfork.com/news/6ix9ine-arrested-for-allegedly-choking-16-year-old/
== Discography ==
* Dummy Boy (2018)
* TattleTales (2020)
* Leyenda Viva (2023)
== Tours ==
* World Domination Tour (2018)https://web.archive.org/web/20180810173350/http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2018/06/6ix9ine-world-domination-tour-dates/
==Trivia==
*Daniel currently holds the record of having the most live Instagram viewers, having over 2 million going over 1.7 million viewers from the previous record held by musicians Drake and Tory Lanez.https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/rapper-tekashi-6ix9ine-breaks-instagram-22002134
*His music video "GOOBA" broke the YouTube record for most views in 24 hours on a Hip-Hop video, getting 43.5 million views in 24 hours, and beating Eminem's Machine Gun Kelly diss track "Killshot", which got 38.1 million views in 24 hours.https://www.nme.com/news/music/tekashi-6ix9ine-gooba-breaks-youtube-record-biggest-24-hour-debut-hip-hop-2663173?amp It was broken by Cardi B's WAP.
*His stage name comes from the fact that there are six letters in his first name, Daniel, and nine letters in his last name, Hernandez.
*He has collaborated with Anuel AA and Nicki Minaj.
*He is 5'7" tall.
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