Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine ‘is arrested in Florida for ‘failing to show up’ – months after being ambushed in a gym sauna
Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine ‘is arrested in Florida for ‘failing to show up’ – months after being ambushed in a gym sauna
- The arrest comes just months after he was beaten up at a Florida gym
- According to unearthed prison records, he was charged with not appearing
Notorious rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine has been arrested in Florida on charges of non-appearance, new prison records show.
The once-beloved rap star, whose real name is Daniel Hernandez, booked a jail sentence Wednesday night in Palm Beach County and was released three hours after being captured. reported the sun.
The rapper, 27, has so far kept quiet about the arrest. His latest social media post, an Instagram Story, simply promoted a series of vapes.
The arrest comes months after he was beaten up in the men’s locker room of an LA Fitness gym in South Florida.
The disgraced rapper was sent to hospital to treat serious injuries, including wounds, bruises and swelling on his jaw, ribs and back.
Tekashi 6ix9ine (pictured) has so far remained silent about the arrest. His latest social media post, an Instagram Story, simply promoted a series of vapes
He angered the rap world after making a deal with prosecutors that vastly shortened the prison sentence he faced in 2018
He was sent to prison just two years after being charged with racketeering, gun possession, armed robbery and attempted murder
Shortly after the brutal attack, the group of men who claimed to have beaten him up boasted about the attack on social media.
In videos circulating online, they called him a “rat” who would not be tolerated in their “hood.”
As he kicked and punched him, one could be heard shouting to the other, “Take a picture, take a picture – I’m going to be famous now.”
It is currently unknown what exactly prompted the Florida attack, but Hernandez has rarely been short of enemies.
The disgraced rapper was beaten up at a gym in South Florida earlier this year
A group of men who claimed to have beaten him up bragged about the attack online shortly after it took place
His popularity plummeted in 2018, after he was branded a snitch for testifying to prosecutors as part of a deal to cut his own time in prison.
He risked an eye-watering minimum of 47 years in prison and could have received life in prison, having been charged with several crimes, including racketeering, gun possession, armed robbery and attempted murder.
But prosecutors made him a deal that drew the wrath of the entire rap world, and he ended up serving just two years behind bars.
MailOnline has reached out to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office for comment and is working to contact Hernandez’s representatives.