The Tekashi 6ix9ine trial is finally underway at Manhattan’s Thurgood Marshall Courthouse.
According to Complex, the trial is expected to last roughly two weeks. On Tuesday (September 17), the polarizing rapper took the stand as the government’s star witness in the case against alleged Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods members Anthony “Harv” Ellison and Aljermiah “Nuke” Mack.
Dressed in a blue prison jumpsuit and a white t-shirt, his signature rainbow-colored hair was gone and his now-dark hair was in two long braids.
During his testimony, 6ix9ine admitted he decided to cooperate with the government only a day after his November 2018 arrest, or as he said, “the day after we was taken down.”
6ix9ine said in the summer of 2017 he met Nine Trey member Seqo Billy who was a friend of Chris Ehigiator, his then-manager. He was the first Nine Trey gang member he’d ever met.
After writing “GUMMO,” 6ix9ine asked Seqo to “get Nine Trey members to be a part of the video.” He said he wanted them to “wear red.”
6ix9ine then met Kifano “Shotti” Jordan (now ex-manager) at the video shoot, along with other Nine Trey members who 6ix9ine named then named and identified either in photographs or in person and in the video itself. He also admitted the song was aimed at Trippie Redd and named Redd and fellow rapper Casanova as Bloods.
“Me and Trippie Redd were signed to the same label,” he explained. “There was a lot of jealousy involved. He was signed first. I later on signed, a couple months after. We had a song together, it was successful. Then jealously, we got into online disputes.
“He was with another set of Bloods … So was Casanova.”
6ix9ine also explained he’d landed on a recipe for his music.
“I knew I had a formula,” he said. “I knew the formula was to repeat the gang image, promote it. That’s what people like.”
Following “GUMMO,” 6ix9ine put out his next video “Kooda.” He incorporated gang terms he’d learned from Jordan and Seqo into the song.
After the success of the video (it currently has almost 250 million views on YouTube), they decided to make him an official Nine Trey member. Although he wasn’t officially initiated, he was tasked with making money for the gang.
In return, he said the gang gave him “my career. Street credibility. Protection. All of it.”
He also revealed, “Treyway was more of a sophisticated way to name the gang — something that we could market.”
Before the testimony ended, 6ix9ine explained “how the Nine Trey handshake and hand signs are made; how the ‘prison lineup’ (Nine Trey members behind bars) and ‘street lineup’ (members who are not incarcerated) of the gang are organized and who the leaders of each were, his relationships with the defendants and more.”
6ix9ine will continue testifying on Wednesday (September 18). He’s expected to detail the alleged robbery and kidnapping that took place in July 2018. Ellison is accused of masterminding the whole thing. Ellison’s defense team said it was all a publicity stunt.
Jordan was sentenced to 15 years in prison earlier this month.
For all you studio gangstaz out there…you can only fake it for so long…the truth will come to light eventually
This little snitching pedophile needs a good stabbing until he stops breathing
Then what are you waiting for?
I’m waiting for you ?
Why blame him for snitching? He’s not a gangsta. Gangs are stooopid anyway, bring them down lol
Tellin Tekashi SnitchNine best be prepared to stay in rat holes for the rest of his life. Sadly once the government doesn’t find him useful anymore they’re going to get rid of him too.
Snitch young man snitch, gangs are no good. You’re doing us a public service by putting those no good hoodlums where they belong.
Man you don’t know what the fuck you talking about you a scary ass punk to say that shit real bloods and pirus stand up no snitching soo woop
i hear u but its consequences that come with that young carter..its all good til someone in his family is torched because of his punk ass actions..snitching is never a good thing fool
I agree but the feds have been Workin on destroying the entire Nine Trey for a minute now. Shit who’s to say THEY weren’t the ones who got Tekashi in with them the whole time?
Lol my dude tekashi going all out. Good shit tho. It takes some real balls to just lay it all out like that. You can tell he was never in it for the street cred, it was all business to him.
69 snitching is ONE thing but all these NY rappers and so called “gangs” that was cosigning him in 2017/18 is another. It’s obvious that they planted him in the industry to expose what’s really going on and these culture vulture ass white people won again smh. NY Rap just took a BIG ass L man.
Sir, you’re a racist.
All these fools that were cosigning him in the first place are fucking stupid to not realize he was faking the whole time. That’s the industry for ya
“In return, he said the gang gave him “my career. Street credibility. Protection. All of it.”
Lmao! His pics when he was younger, looking like your average neighborhood kid were definitely red flags. I bet real gangsta are going to raise the price for endorsing acts that rely on the tough image. This dude singing harder than Mariah during her pre-hip hop association era.
that picture is golden
Let’s be frank everyone, what has transpired here should not be a shock to anyone with good sense. This 6-9 character was essentially a mascot for this particular gang, but accepted as a team player. Money blinds even the best from their obligations in the streets. In other words, for the gang to sit there and blame 6-9 for not holding true, they too must blame themselves for not holding true to the street code as well. There’s a reason gang members are tasked to commit crimes before joining the gang. Where was 6-9’s?? Today you have it, folks!! Lol
Mouth running like a dog race hahahaha. Hold that L NYC
THIS IS WHAT YOU TUBE RAP AND IDIOT KIDS FROM THE 2000s HAVE PRODUCED…. IT’S SO SAD… THE “FORMULA” IS TO PRETEND YOUR’RE A GANGSTER, CLOUT CHASE ONLIINE, PAY FOR GANG PROTECTION, AND MUMBLE….
the hell happened to hip hop…. Kid deserves to go to jail — for a crime against the culture. It’s sad what has happened man… I’m not even hating, because there’s nothing positive about this guy… a fake AND a snitch… I’m just being honest. Damn.
Feels like that’s was always the difference between bloods and Crips and why they fell out so hard. Money.
Another idiot who thinks that the only real gangs are in cali, why don’t you go to the rest of the country talking that shit and see what happens. People get killed in every city, shit happens everywhere and criminals get together and assemble in other parts besides cali. You’re delusional open your eyes
6ix9ine should not be doing this!!! Is that WHY HE IS SENTENCED TO 47 YEARS IN PRISON?!!?????????????????????????????????????????????????