Meet the King of Mumble Rap: 6ix9ine (Tekashi69), Breakfast Club interview, lol this fool gonna die
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mirrored my thoughts almost to a tee...but it was clear from jump tho he outmaneuvered them in that interview
That shit is hot trash. All of it. Thank God I'm too old for hot garbage like this.
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OK I can't lie
I aint watch it, but I felt it was still worthy of a posting for those invested.
OK I can't lie
I aint watch it, but I felt it was still worthy of a posting for those invested.
is that his name or his preference ?
I read somewhere he said 69 meant a change in perspective. Seeing things from the other side.
LOL...I started it then I was like...Wait a minute, I fuckin cant stand this dude
This makes all the sense in the world lol
This is also true
Sentencing in Rapper 6ix9ine's Child Sex Case Delayed Because He Failed His GED
As part of the plea deal rapper 6ix9ine took after pleading guilty to the use of a child in a sexual performance on October 20, 2015, the rising star was ordered to complete his GED. (In this case, the sexual performance involved a 13-year-old girl who appeared nude and engaged in a sex act with another party in a series of videos 6ix9ine appeared in and posted on social media.)
Today in a Manhattan courtroom during his sentencing hearing, 6ix9ine, whose real name is Daniel Hernandez, admitted that he hadn’t yet passed his high-school equivalency test. Though he risked being sentenced to one to three years in prison for failing to meet the terms of his plea deal, yet another adjournment on his case was begrudgingly ordered by judge Hon. Felicia Mennin.
ith his rainbow-colored hair piled on his head to serve a look somewhere between man-bun and Gibson Girl, 6ix9ine loomed flamboyantly in the sea of bleached wood and gray suits that is the cavernous Part 22 in the New York State Supreme Court at 111 Centre Street. He stood out like a wildflower in a desert, albeit a wildflower that had been scrawled on in Crayola markers by a toddler—the tattoos that cover his face have a faded, bleeding aesthetic that gives them the appearance of being at least as old as he is, 21. 6ix9ine wore a red hoodie, distressed acid-washed jeans, and Timberlands with a red-paisley bandana print—a bold choice echoing the Bloods-inspired imagery of his hit “Gummo” video, made bolder by the fact that he wore them to court.
He showed up in the courtroom around 11:40 p.m., and was called for sentencing around 12:15. His attorney immediately requested another adjournment in a case that has already been adjourned several times because, she explained, he had trouble passing his GED.
“What’s the problem?” asked Hon. Mennin, who sipped Diet Coke between hearings. She temporarily suspended the Martha Stewart-esque warm-sternness she had exhibited frequently that morning, often smiling to soften her requests and orders. To 6ix9ine, she seemed more exasperated than anything.
“He’s struggled through it,” said 6ix9ine’s attorney.
“This case has been happening since 2015,” said Hon. Mennin. “This is ridiculous.”
As 6ix9ine began to mumble an explanation as to why he has yet to complete the GED he was ordered to over two years ago, Hon. Mennin asked him to speak up. His affect was meek and softspoken—a far cry from the howling provocateur he is on stage and in his records. He explained he’d passed every section of his GED except for the science portion, which he pledged to retake.
Hon. Mennin implored 6ix9ine to take the GED seriously or “you may end up going in [prison],” before begrudgingly adjourning his sentencing hearing to April 10, 2018.
“One last chance,” is how Hon. Mennin referred to her ruling.
In the time between cutting his plea deal and this most recent hearing, 6ix9ine has launched a rap career that, according to a four-day old Instagram post, has culminated in signing a $7.5 million contract. Yesterday, 6ix9ine announced his debut mixtape will drop February 23.
In the elevator down to the ground floor, 6ix9ine, who was accompanied by two men, pledged to his attorney that he would take “mad courses” and repeatedly take his GED until he passes. As he left the courthouse, a woman stopped him to tell him that her companion wanted his autograph. Under scaffolding under the overcast sky outside the building, a young girl pushing a stroller awaited 6ix9ine’s exit. She looked to me no older than 14.
As part of the plea deal rapper 6ix9ine took after pleading guilty to the use of a child in a sexual performance on October 20, 2015, the rising star was ordered to complete his GED. (In this case, the sexual performance involved a 13-year-old girl who appeared nude and engaged in a sex act with another party in a series of videos 6ix9ine appeared in and posted on social media.)
Today in a Manhattan courtroom during his sentencing hearing, 6ix9ine, whose real name is Daniel Hernandez, admitted that he hadn’t yet passed his high-school equivalency test. Though he risked being sentenced to one to three years in prison for failing to meet the terms of his plea deal, yet another adjournment on his case was begrudgingly ordered by judge Hon. Felicia Mennin.
ith his rainbow-colored hair piled on his head to serve a look somewhere between man-bun and Gibson Girl, 6ix9ine loomed flamboyantly in the sea of bleached wood and gray suits that is the cavernous Part 22 in the New York State Supreme Court at 111 Centre Street. He stood out like a wildflower in a desert, albeit a wildflower that had been scrawled on in Crayola markers by a toddler—the tattoos that cover his face have a faded, bleeding aesthetic that gives them the appearance of being at least as old as he is, 21. 6ix9ine wore a red hoodie, distressed acid-washed jeans, and Timberlands with a red-paisley bandana print—a bold choice echoing the Bloods-inspired imagery of his hit “Gummo” video, made bolder by the fact that he wore them to court.
He showed up in the courtroom around 11:40 p.m., and was called for sentencing around 12:15. His attorney immediately requested another adjournment in a case that has already been adjourned several times because, she explained, he had trouble passing his GED.
“What’s the problem?” asked Hon. Mennin, who sipped Diet Coke between hearings. She temporarily suspended the Martha Stewart-esque warm-sternness she had exhibited frequently that morning, often smiling to soften her requests and orders. To 6ix9ine, she seemed more exasperated than anything.
“He’s struggled through it,” said 6ix9ine’s attorney.
“This case has been happening since 2015,” said Hon. Mennin. “This is ridiculous.”
As 6ix9ine began to mumble an explanation as to why he has yet to complete the GED he was ordered to over two years ago, Hon. Mennin asked him to speak up. His affect was meek and softspoken—a far cry from the howling provocateur he is on stage and in his records. He explained he’d passed every section of his GED except for the science portion, which he pledged to retake.
Hon. Mennin implored 6ix9ine to take the GED seriously or “you may end up going in [prison],” before begrudgingly adjourning his sentencing hearing to April 10, 2018.
“One last chance,” is how Hon. Mennin referred to her ruling.
In the time between cutting his plea deal and this most recent hearing, 6ix9ine has launched a rap career that, according to a four-day old Instagram post, has culminated in signing a $7.5 million contract. Yesterday, 6ix9ine announced his debut mixtape will drop February 23.
In the elevator down to the ground floor, 6ix9ine, who was accompanied by two men, pledged to his attorney that he would take “mad courses” and repeatedly take his GED until he passes. As he left the courthouse, a woman stopped him to tell him that her companion wanted his autograph. Under scaffolding under the overcast sky outside the building, a young girl pushing a stroller awaited 6ix9ine’s exit. She looked to me no older than 14.
https://jezebel.com/details-in-child-sex-complaint-against-rapper-6ix9ine-c-1821245294
Details in Child Sex Complaint Against Rapper 6ix9ine Contradict His Public Comments
Twenty-one-year-old Brooklyn-based rapper 6ix9ine (a.k.a. Teka$hi 6ix9ine a.k.a. Tekashi69) is one of 2017's breakout stars in music. With not so much as an album to his name, he has a million followers on Instagram. He’s the recipient of fawning press. He has two singles on the Billboard Hot 100, including the brash “Gummo,” which leapt from No. 54 to No. 13 this week. And, like a few young rappers on the rise, 6ix9ine has been accused of a horrific sexual crime. What’s more, he admitted to it in a court of law.
According to the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, 6ix9ine, whose real name is Daniel Hernandez, pleaded guilty to the use of a child in a sexual performance on October 20, 2015. The exact terms of that charge are as follows:
A person is guilty of the use of a child in a sexual performance if knowing the character and content thereof he employs, authorizes or induces a child less than seventeen years of age to engage in a sexual performance or being a parent, legal guardian or custodian of such child, he consents to the participation by such child in a sexual performance.
Rumblings of the incident were made public earlier this year via beefs with fellow rappers Zillakami and Trippie Redd, who started mentioning his case on social media. “I’m sorry brozay, 1400 don’t promote pedophiles,” said Redd in a now-deleted Instagram video, according to Mass Appeal.
In November, the website Genius reported it had obtained documentsconfirming that 6ix9ine pleaded guilty to the felony count. The site, however, declined to report details of 6ix9ine’s case “both to protect our source and the privacy of the victim.” This set the stage for 6ix9ine to tell his own version of what transpired that night in an interview on the YouTube channel of DJ Akademiks that was posted November 18 of this year.
You can watch 6ix9ine’s version of events in the 22-minute video above. In it, he says the events his charges refer to occurred “three to four years ago.” Not quite. The criminal complaint, which Jezebel obtained from the Clerk’s Office at 111 Centre Street, states that this happened the night of February 21, 2015, continuing into February 22.
6ix9ine told Akademiks that he was invited to an apartment in Harlem, a detail also stated in the complaint. He says there he met some “grown” men who asked him to invite over a woman; when he declined, they called upon a girl “from last night” to come over. 6ix9ine describes her affect as “buggin’,” and says eventually “shit got crazy” and a camera was produced to record what ensued. He says he “personally” uploaded the resulting video.
The New York State Unified Court System’s online database says he was arrested March 5, 2015, which is also the date on his statement.
6ix9ine said to Akademiks that an unspecified “they” at his grand jury hearing said, “There’s no rape. No one got raped. No one, like no one.” The complaint describes another video containing footage, in which “the child engages in oral sexual intercourse with the separately charged defendant Taquan Anderson, while the defendant, Daniel Hernandez, stands behind the child making a thrusting motion with his pelvis and smacking her on her buttocks. The child is nude in the video.”
In his interview with Akademiks, 6ix9ine said, “When I saw Genius post the story, I thought they was gonna say all the details of the case, like, ‘He was just there, he was just talking into the camera, he didn’t touch the girl, no sexual performance with the camera… I didn’t rape nobody, bro, the girl wasn’t even raped.”
“So, no one had sex with the girl?” asked Akademiks.
“No one had sex with the girl, word,” replied 6ix9ine.
“You didn’t have any kind of sexual contact…” started Akademiks.
“I didn’t have no sexual contact with the girl…but I was in the video,” said 6ix9ine.
pointing out repeatedly, despite entering a guilty plea to a felony, that he is a free man. He says this as if to exonerate himself from the accusations. “I just want people to use logic, and use your brain,” he said in a video that was uploaded to YouTube August 9, 2017. “If there’s pictures, screenshots, videos whatever there is out there of Teka$hi69 raping someone, why is Teka$hi69 not in jail?”
Youthful Offenderadjudication. As a result, the defendant will not be required to register as a sex offender.”
Taquan Anderson, the separately charged defendant named in the complaint filed against 6ix9ine, pleaded guilty to possessing a sexual performance by a child on February 9, 2016, according to a spokesman at the Manhattan District Attorney’s office. He is currently in custody in the Cape Vincent Correctional Facility in Cape Vincent, New York, according to the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision’s online database, on that charge as well as one of criminal possession of a controlled substance. He is eligible for parole February 24, 2018.
We have attempted to reach out to 6ix9ine’s management for comment. Various online sources say his current record label is EG Entertainment, which is run by Eliot Grainge. Grainge’s company used to be called Strainge Entertainment, but in October was renamed. No website seems to exist for Grainge’s EG Entertainment, but Jezebel did contact some employees from Strainge with our request, as well as 6ix9ine’s supposed booking agent. We have additionally messaged 6ix9ine on Instagram. We will update this post if and when we hear back.
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The “Weinstein effect” reckoning underway in our culture may be shaking up Hollywood, but it seems to have little bearing on the music industry thus far. The worst of its men may have reputations, but they haven’t seen consequences imposed on them by the actual industry unlike, say, figures in film. In fact, many of them are still actively profiting.
he may have made money off of the latest album by Kesha, who accused him of rape, among other abuses. Kesha’s civil suit against Dr. Luke is ongoing. Rapper Kodak Black was charged with criminal sexual misconduct in 2016; in 2017, he saw two of his releases (an album and a mixtape) debut in the Top 3 of the Billboard 200. Florence County, S.C., prosecutor Ed Clements, said in October that Black has been indicted and awaits trial. Rapper XXXtentacion was arrested for false imprisonment, witness tampering, and aggravated battery of his pregnant girlfriend in 2016; in September of this year, Pitchfork released the horrifying details of said woman’s testimony (“XXXTentacion left the room and returned with two grilling implements—a ‘barbecue pitchfork’ and a ‘barbecue cleaner,’ she said—and told her to pick between them, because he was going to put one of them in her vagina”). In October of this year, Capitol signed XXXtentacion to a record deal that is reportedly worth $6 million. The next court hearing in XXXTentacion’s case is scheduled for Friday, December 15. He has pleaded not guilty. Beloved R&B singer Miguel was accused of sexual assault about nine months ago, and even though he flat-out refused to deny it when questioned by a paparazzo days after the allegation broke, he emerged unscathed—his song “Sky Walker” hit Top 40 this week in the U.S., and nearly every recent profile has overlooked the allegation. Though a police report was filed, Miguel has, as of this writing, not been charged.
In the time between R. Kelly’s accusations of making child pornography (on which he was acquitted) and now, he has been nominated for multiple Grammy Awards, sold millions of albums, and scored countless hits, including his arguable signature song, “Ignition.” He reportedly married Aaliyah, then 15, in 1994, between his first and second solo albums. That information was made public in Vibe soon after.
Accolades like those of R. Kelly, and many of his peers accused of similar violations, carry particular significance in understanding why we have overlooked predatory behavior for “genius.” But drawing a line on their success and firing them after lengthy, prominent careers is only one tier of this reckoning. It is crucial for music fans to understand exactly who and what behavior they are supporting with their time and money, and to ask themselves just how much they’re willing to excuse for the sake of entertainment.
Details in Child Sex Complaint Against Rapper 6ix9ine Contradict His Public Comments
Twenty-one-year-old Brooklyn-based rapper 6ix9ine (a.k.a. Teka$hi 6ix9ine a.k.a. Tekashi69) is one of 2017's breakout stars in music. With not so much as an album to his name, he has a million followers on Instagram. He’s the recipient of fawning press. He has two singles on the Billboard Hot 100, including the brash “Gummo,” which leapt from No. 54 to No. 13 this week. And, like a few young rappers on the rise, 6ix9ine has been accused of a horrific sexual crime. What’s more, he admitted to it in a court of law.
According to the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, 6ix9ine, whose real name is Daniel Hernandez, pleaded guilty to the use of a child in a sexual performance on October 20, 2015. The exact terms of that charge are as follows:
A person is guilty of the use of a child in a sexual performance if knowing the character and content thereof he employs, authorizes or induces a child less than seventeen years of age to engage in a sexual performance or being a parent, legal guardian or custodian of such child, he consents to the participation by such child in a sexual performance.
Rumblings of the incident were made public earlier this year via beefs with fellow rappers Zillakami and Trippie Redd, who started mentioning his case on social media. “I’m sorry brozay, 1400 don’t promote pedophiles,” said Redd in a now-deleted Instagram video, according to Mass Appeal.
In November, the website Genius reported it had obtained documentsconfirming that 6ix9ine pleaded guilty to the felony count. The site, however, declined to report details of 6ix9ine’s case “both to protect our source and the privacy of the victim.” This set the stage for 6ix9ine to tell his own version of what transpired that night in an interview on the YouTube channel of DJ Akademiks that was posted November 18 of this year.
You can watch 6ix9ine’s version of events in the 22-minute video above. In it, he says the events his charges refer to occurred “three to four years ago.” Not quite. The criminal complaint, which Jezebel obtained from the Clerk’s Office at 111 Centre Street, states that this happened the night of February 21, 2015, continuing into February 22.
6ix9ine told Akademiks that he was invited to an apartment in Harlem, a detail also stated in the complaint. He says there he met some “grown” men who asked him to invite over a woman; when he declined, they called upon a girl “from last night” to come over. 6ix9ine describes her affect as “buggin’,” and says eventually “shit got crazy” and a camera was produced to record what ensued. He says he “personally” uploaded the resulting video.
The New York State Unified Court System’s online database says he was arrested March 5, 2015, which is also the date on his statement.
6ix9ine said to Akademiks that an unspecified “they” at his grand jury hearing said, “There’s no rape. No one got raped. No one, like no one.” The complaint describes another video containing footage, in which “the child engages in oral sexual intercourse with the separately charged defendant Taquan Anderson, while the defendant, Daniel Hernandez, stands behind the child making a thrusting motion with his pelvis and smacking her on her buttocks. The child is nude in the video.”
In his interview with Akademiks, 6ix9ine said, “When I saw Genius post the story, I thought they was gonna say all the details of the case, like, ‘He was just there, he was just talking into the camera, he didn’t touch the girl, no sexual performance with the camera… I didn’t rape nobody, bro, the girl wasn’t even raped.”
“So, no one had sex with the girl?” asked Akademiks.
“No one had sex with the girl, word,” replied 6ix9ine.
“You didn’t have any kind of sexual contact…” started Akademiks.
“I didn’t have no sexual contact with the girl…but I was in the video,” said 6ix9ine.
pointing out repeatedly, despite entering a guilty plea to a felony, that he is a free man. He says this as if to exonerate himself from the accusations. “I just want people to use logic, and use your brain,” he said in a video that was uploaded to YouTube August 9, 2017. “If there’s pictures, screenshots, videos whatever there is out there of Teka$hi69 raping someone, why is Teka$hi69 not in jail?”
Youthful Offenderadjudication. As a result, the defendant will not be required to register as a sex offender.”
Taquan Anderson, the separately charged defendant named in the complaint filed against 6ix9ine, pleaded guilty to possessing a sexual performance by a child on February 9, 2016, according to a spokesman at the Manhattan District Attorney’s office. He is currently in custody in the Cape Vincent Correctional Facility in Cape Vincent, New York, according to the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision’s online database, on that charge as well as one of criminal possession of a controlled substance. He is eligible for parole February 24, 2018.
We have attempted to reach out to 6ix9ine’s management for comment. Various online sources say his current record label is EG Entertainment, which is run by Eliot Grainge. Grainge’s company used to be called Strainge Entertainment, but in October was renamed. No website seems to exist for Grainge’s EG Entertainment, but Jezebel did contact some employees from Strainge with our request, as well as 6ix9ine’s supposed booking agent. We have additionally messaged 6ix9ine on Instagram. We will update this post if and when we hear back.
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The “Weinstein effect” reckoning underway in our culture may be shaking up Hollywood, but it seems to have little bearing on the music industry thus far. The worst of its men may have reputations, but they haven’t seen consequences imposed on them by the actual industry unlike, say, figures in film. In fact, many of them are still actively profiting.
he may have made money off of the latest album by Kesha, who accused him of rape, among other abuses. Kesha’s civil suit against Dr. Luke is ongoing. Rapper Kodak Black was charged with criminal sexual misconduct in 2016; in 2017, he saw two of his releases (an album and a mixtape) debut in the Top 3 of the Billboard 200. Florence County, S.C., prosecutor Ed Clements, said in October that Black has been indicted and awaits trial. Rapper XXXtentacion was arrested for false imprisonment, witness tampering, and aggravated battery of his pregnant girlfriend in 2016; in September of this year, Pitchfork released the horrifying details of said woman’s testimony (“XXXTentacion left the room and returned with two grilling implements—a ‘barbecue pitchfork’ and a ‘barbecue cleaner,’ she said—and told her to pick between them, because he was going to put one of them in her vagina”). In October of this year, Capitol signed XXXtentacion to a record deal that is reportedly worth $6 million. The next court hearing in XXXTentacion’s case is scheduled for Friday, December 15. He has pleaded not guilty. Beloved R&B singer Miguel was accused of sexual assault about nine months ago, and even though he flat-out refused to deny it when questioned by a paparazzo days after the allegation broke, he emerged unscathed—his song “Sky Walker” hit Top 40 this week in the U.S., and nearly every recent profile has overlooked the allegation. Though a police report was filed, Miguel has, as of this writing, not been charged.
In the time between R. Kelly’s accusations of making child pornography (on which he was acquitted) and now, he has been nominated for multiple Grammy Awards, sold millions of albums, and scored countless hits, including his arguable signature song, “Ignition.” He reportedly married Aaliyah, then 15, in 1994, between his first and second solo albums. That information was made public in Vibe soon after.
Accolades like those of R. Kelly, and many of his peers accused of similar violations, carry particular significance in understanding why we have overlooked predatory behavior for “genius.” But drawing a line on their success and firing them after lengthy, prominent careers is only one tier of this reckoning. It is crucial for music fans to understand exactly who and what behavior they are supporting with their time and money, and to ask themselves just how much they’re willing to excuse for the sake of entertainment.
https://verysmartbrothas.theroot.co...breakfast-club-interview-is-why-yo-1824140125
Tekashi 6ix9ine’s Breakfast Club Interview Is Why Young People Need Mentors
For an entire hour yesterday, I watched The Breakfast Club interview with Daniel Hernandez, better known to folks under 35 25 as Tekashi or Tekashi 6ix9ine or, officially, per his recent Day69 album release, as 6ix9ine. He’s the current self-proclaimed king of New York, something that used to matter back when niggas would pull your card and argue all day about who the best MC was: Jay-Z, Biggie or Nas.
While he believes he’s the hottest thing in New York City—he was promptly reminded that Cardi B is both from New York and hotter—his interview is proof positive that these young cats need mentors. Or SOMEBODY to pull their coattails so they live past 25.
I’m familiar with Tekashi’s music. I don’t think it’s particularly good, but it isn’t very different from most of what’s out there right now. If we haveto make comparisons, he’s the 2018 version of an artist who grew up on Onyx: high-energy mayhem rap. His energy is nihilistic and aggressive. And he’s a Blood. I guess there has been some question about whether or not he was Crippin’ at one point and is now Bloodin’, which, as you can imagine in today’s gang-heavy hip-hop climate, would cause beef.
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Both the Game and YG—two Bloods, Cedar Block and Tree Top, respectively—are not feeling the young man and his antics. And for that matter, it seems like lots of other folks aren’t, either. At this point, Tekashi is becoming more known for beef than for rapping—though I’m not quite sure he’d ever be known for rapping, per se.
This was a point that Charlamagne and Envy were trying to drive home to him during the interview: They’ve both been around through the ’90s and seen rappers embroiled in beefs get laid to rest well before they should have been, Biggie and Tupac being the most obvious examples.
Tekashi loves to point out that nobody is fucking with him in New York City and that if they want to see him, they can find him because he’s out there in those streets being touchable, which is a dog whistle to all folks who need something to do on a Tuesday. But hearing a young cat talk so recklessly, especially one with a daughter, is why youngsters need mentors and role models.
They brought a person who acts in some form of a management capacity for Tekashi—I believe—to speak about what he thinks as an older dude, and he basically co-signed the behavior and chalked it up to a generational thing, which is a stupid argument to make. The methods for making money and reaching fans and the type of music that’s popular today are generational. Being reckless and getting into beef with folks from Los Angeles to Houston to wherever has nothing to do with today’s youths. It’s about being reckless and losing out on opportunities for money.
Interestingly, the Game, a person he’s beefing with, should be something of a cautionary tale in terms of his career advancement. The Game is easily one of the better rappers currently doing it and has platinum plaques and at least one classic album to his credit. And yet when you think about the Game, you think of his incessant name-dropping and his idiotic love for beef and drama. His actual skill is secondary. Oh, and you think about him being a Blood because he makes it a point to go so hard for that shit.
But all that beef and stupidity had to have affected his money. Shit, it got Game dropped from Interscope back in the day and removed from Dr. Dre’s inner circle. Sure, he can do shows, but I’m sure he would have loved to be doing arenas.
Tekashi is a kid who, despite a significant lack of music, has somehow caught the cultural zeitgeist of the moment and is a thing. He’s got fans. And every one of his singles has charted on Billboard. His album actually debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 200 chart. How long that will last is anybody’s guess. My guess? Not long. Short of the energy, there’s not much to his music; nor is there some latent talent you can hear through the bravado. He’s a kid who’s hitting for now, and he’s maxing out on it in all possible ways.
But that’s where it would help to have somebody pull him to the side and be like, look, this success can be fleeting. Instead of beefing with the world, fucking up the money and making it hard to go to entire cities (though he claims to be in L.A. often enough without anyone fucking with him, we’ll see how long that lasts), why not dead the beef, make music as long as you can sell it and then flip that money into other shit so that you don’t end up a rapper who had shit and no longer has a pot to piss in? He’s young, and maybe he’ll get it eventually, assuming he doesn’t get tested and lose. He should stop telling everybody how untouchable he is.
At the end of the interview, Charlamagne and company actually brought in a priest to pray for and with him. I don’t watch all of their interviews, but that has to be a first. When folks see how you’re moving and it’s so beef heavy that they feel a need to have an actual employee of God come and pray for you publicly, you should probably at least think about it. But that’s what mentors and OGs are supposed to be there for.
Hopefully they show up.
https://verysmartbrothas.theroot.co...breakfast-club-interview-is-why-yo-1824140125
Tekashi 6ix9ine’s Breakfast Club Interview Is Why Young People Need Mentors
For an entire hour yesterday, I watched The Breakfast Club interview with Daniel Hernandez, better known to folks under 35 25 as Tekashi or Tekashi 6ix9ine or, officially, per his recent Day69 album release, as 6ix9ine. He’s the current self-proclaimed king of New York, something that used to matter back when niggas would pull your card and argue all day about who the best MC was: Jay-Z, Biggie or Nas.
While he believes he’s the hottest thing in New York City—he was promptly reminded that Cardi B is both from New York and hotter—his interview is proof positive that these young cats need mentors. Or SOMEBODY to pull their coattails so they live past 25.
I’m familiar with Tekashi’s music. I don’t think it’s particularly good, but it isn’t very different from most of what’s out there right now. If we haveto make comparisons, he’s the 2018 version of an artist who grew up on Onyx: high-energy mayhem rap. His energy is nihilistic and aggressive. And he’s a Blood. I guess there has been some question about whether or not he was Crippin’ at one point and is now Bloodin’, which, as you can imagine in today’s gang-heavy hip-hop climate, would cause beef.
Outstream Video
00:00
00:00
Both the Game and YG—two Bloods, Cedar Block and Tree Top, respectively—are not feeling the young man and his antics. And for that matter, it seems like lots of other folks aren’t, either. At this point, Tekashi is becoming more known for beef than for rapping—though I’m not quite sure he’d ever be known for rapping, per se.
This was a point that Charlamagne and Envy were trying to drive home to him during the interview: They’ve both been around through the ’90s and seen rappers embroiled in beefs get laid to rest well before they should have been, Biggie and Tupac being the most obvious examples.
Tekashi loves to point out that nobody is fucking with him in New York City and that if they want to see him, they can find him because he’s out there in those streets being touchable, which is a dog whistle to all folks who need something to do on a Tuesday. But hearing a young cat talk so recklessly, especially one with a daughter, is why youngsters need mentors and role models.
They brought a person who acts in some form of a management capacity for Tekashi—I believe—to speak about what he thinks as an older dude, and he basically co-signed the behavior and chalked it up to a generational thing, which is a stupid argument to make. The methods for making money and reaching fans and the type of music that’s popular today are generational. Being reckless and getting into beef with folks from Los Angeles to Houston to wherever has nothing to do with today’s youths. It’s about being reckless and losing out on opportunities for money.
Interestingly, the Game, a person he’s beefing with, should be something of a cautionary tale in terms of his career advancement. The Game is easily one of the better rappers currently doing it and has platinum plaques and at least one classic album to his credit. And yet when you think about the Game, you think of his incessant name-dropping and his idiotic love for beef and drama. His actual skill is secondary. Oh, and you think about him being a Blood because he makes it a point to go so hard for that shit.
But all that beef and stupidity had to have affected his money. Shit, it got Game dropped from Interscope back in the day and removed from Dr. Dre’s inner circle. Sure, he can do shows, but I’m sure he would have loved to be doing arenas.
Tekashi is a kid who, despite a significant lack of music, has somehow caught the cultural zeitgeist of the moment and is a thing. He’s got fans. And every one of his singles has charted on Billboard. His album actually debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 200 chart. How long that will last is anybody’s guess. My guess? Not long. Short of the energy, there’s not much to his music; nor is there some latent talent you can hear through the bravado. He’s a kid who’s hitting for now, and he’s maxing out on it in all possible ways.
But that’s where it would help to have somebody pull him to the side and be like, look, this success can be fleeting. Instead of beefing with the world, fucking up the money and making it hard to go to entire cities (though he claims to be in L.A. often enough without anyone fucking with him, we’ll see how long that lasts), why not dead the beef, make music as long as you can sell it and then flip that money into other shit so that you don’t end up a rapper who had shit and no longer has a pot to piss in? He’s young, and maybe he’ll get it eventually, assuming he doesn’t get tested and lose. He should stop telling everybody how untouchable he is.
At the end of the interview, Charlamagne and company actually brought in a priest to pray for and with him. I don’t watch all of their interviews, but that has to be a first. When folks see how you’re moving and it’s so beef heavy that they feel a need to have an actual employee of God come and pray for you publicly, you should probably at least think about it. But that’s what mentors and OGs are supposed to be there for.
Hopefully they show up.
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6ix9ine was right about his views....., I didn't know he was this popular...whoa!
He wasn't. His attention is jus snowballing.
It does. They both lames. 50 will attach himself to anything/ anybody to try to stay relevant in the music game. Nigga keep making power episodes and stfu
Nah. I think this is a shot at the game beef along with some promotion for his products
I can see that. And again it's a ploy for 50 to be relevant. Cuz neither 1 of them cats want no rap smoke with Game.
Just understand they are alot more fuck boys then real niggas. Alot of trolls and fuck boys see themselves in Tekashi. I can look into his eyes and know he is a bitch ass dude that used to get punked when he was younger.
He is not no Gangster, He think because he hangs around TrayWay Bloods that he can talk shit.
This Hip Hop shit is so corny. I hope his career last more than a year. But on a side note get your money while it last! can't be mad at that!
50 is already relevant. Power. Maybe to promote his shit though. But 69 CEO shouted 50 out when he dissed game on instagram.
Lol star loves this sideshow act cause he thinks modern hip hop is a clown show and the best way to prove that is have this rocker make a mockery of it