6ix9ine
6ix9ine (pronounced: six-nine ), occasionally Tekashi69 , real name Daniel Hernandez (born May 8, 1996 in Brooklyn , New York City ) is an American rapper .
biography
Daniel Hernandez was born in Bushwick , Brooklyn to a Mexican mother and a Puerto Rican father. He never met his father, but grew up with his mother and stepfather. In the 8th grade he had to leave school. When he was 13 years old, his stepfather was murdered. He started working at a young age, but also sold marijuana and heroin to support his mother.
His rap career began in 2014 when he released various tracks and videos on FCK THEM, a Slovak independent label . He used excerpts from anime for his videos . His eye-catching appearance with rainbow-colored hair and grillz as well as eye-catching face tattoos quickly made him a well-known internet meme . He describes his crew as Scumgang, whereby the acronym Scum stands for “Society Can't Understand Me” (“Society can't understand me”).
After his first successes, mainly through Soundcloud , he became known to the general public in October 2017 through his debut single GUMMO . The song rose to number 12 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and went platinum. At the end of 2017, the second single Kooda followed . In 2018 he released the song Keke with Fetty Wap and A Boogie wit da Hoodie . FEFE was published in July 2018 together with Nicki Minaj and Murda Beatz . His second album Dummy Boy was released by his management on November 27, 2018. It was supposed to be published on November 23, 2018, but Daniel Hernandez was in custody at that time. The album peaked at number two on the Billboard 200.
He has two children with two wives.
Criminal proceedings
In October 2015, he pleaded guilty to sexual acts against a 13-year-old woman and was sentenced to two years probation. He had previously published a video of the act on Instagram . The admission of guilt was part of a deal with prosecutors to avoid jail time. In an interview in November 2017, however, he denied some of the allegations and alleged, among other things, that he was under 18 at the time of the crime and did not know that it was a minor. Part of the deal, however, was that he took a General Educational Development Test , which he failed. It was also announced that he has been arrested twice since then, once for allegedly strangling a 16-year-old and a second time for attacking a police officer. Since he had thus committed a criminal offense during his probation, another trial took place in October 2018, in which he was sentenced to four years probation.
On November 18, 2018, Hernandez was arrested along with some members of his crew on charges of illegal possession of weapons and involvement in an armed robbery. The judge denied a requested bail of $ 2 million combined with house arrest for Hernandez.
He faced more than 47 years in prison. On December 18, 2019, he was sentenced to only two years in prison as part of a plea bargaining . 13 months of pre-trial detention were counted towards this. He testified extensively about other gang members and, among other things, confessed to domestic violence over a period of 7 years. The mother of one of his children stated in an article that she had suffered 7 years of domestic violence and rape by 6ix9ine. After 20 months in prison, he was released from prison for his asthma in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States . He is allowed to spend the remaining four months of his detention in house arrest with a GPS tracker . His house arrest ended on August 1, 2020.
Music genre
6ix9ine combines in his music elements of the old-school rape and the Crunks with modern elements of the traps and the cloud rape and the Lo-Fis .
Discography
Mixtapes / albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
2018 | Day69 |
DE44 (2 weeks) DE |
AT39 (1 week) AT |
CH20 (1 week) CH |
UK20th
silver
(5 weeks)UK |
US4th
gold
(28 weeks)US |
First published: February 23, 2018
Sales: + 645,000 |
Dummy boy | - |
AT35 (8 weeks) AT |
CH30 (15 weeks) CH |
UK30th
silver
(13 weeks)UK |
US2
platinum
(26 weeks)US |
First published: November 27, 2018
Sales: + 1,070,000 |
Singles
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
2017 |
Gummo Day69 |
- | - | - | - |
US12 × 2
(20 weeks)US |
First published: October 11, 2017
Sales: + 2,130,000 |
Kooda Day69 |
- | - | - | - |
US50
gold
(8 weeks)US |
First published: December 3rd, 2017
Sales: + 500,000 |
|
2018 | Keke Day 69 |
- | - | - |
UK98 (1 week) UK |
US43
gold
(8 weeks)US |
|
Gotti Day69 |
- | - | - |
UK95 (2 weeks) UK |
US99 (1 week) US |
First published: April 21, 2018
|
|
Tati Dummy Boy |
- | - | - |
UK100 (1 week) UK |
US46
platinum
(5 weeks)US |
First published: April 21, 2018
Sales: + 1,000,000; feat. DJ spinking |
|
Fefe dummy boy |
DE16 (13 weeks) DE |
AT14 (13 weeks) AT |
CH10 (13 weeks) CH |
UK17th
gold
(11 weeks)UK |
US3 × 8
(20 weeks)US |
||
Bebe dummy boy |
DE77 (2 weeks) DE |
AT75 (1 week) AT |
CH15 (9 weeks) CH |
UK67 (2 weeks) UK |
US30th
platinum
(5 weeks)US |
First published: August 31, 2018
Sales: + 1,060,000; feat. Anuel AA |
|
International gangstas |
DE5 (5 weeks) DE |
AT11 (4 weeks) AT |
CH8 (2 weeks) CH |
- | - | ||
Stoopid dummy boy |
DE57 (2 weeks) DE |
AT48 (2 weeks) AT |
CH28 (2 weeks) CH |
UK34 (4 weeks) UK |
US25th
platinum
(9 weeks)US |
First published: October 5, 2018
Sales: + 1,000,000; feat. Bobby Shmurda |
|
2020 | Gooba | - |
AT3 (11 weeks) AT |
CH2 (13 weeks) CH |
UK6th
silver
(10 weeks)UK |
US3
platinum
(10 weeks)US |
First published: May 8, 2020
Sales: + 1,235,000 |
Trollz | - |
AT8 (3 weeks) AT |
CH8 (4 weeks) CH |
UK12 (5 weeks) UK |
US1
gold
(4 weeks)US |
First published: June 12, 2020
Sales: + 500,000; with Nicki Minaj |
|
Yaya | - |
AT53 (1 week) AT |
CH46 (2 weeks) CH |
UK87 (1 week) UK |
US99 (1 week) US |
First published: July 3, 2020
|
|
Punani | - | - |
CH84 (1 week) CH |
- | - |
First published: August 2, 2020
|
|
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement: | |||||||
2018 | Billy Day69 |
- | - |
CH93 (1 week) CH |
- |
US50
gold
(8 weeks)US |
Chart entry: March 4, 2018
Sales: + 590,000 |
Rondo Day69 |
- | - | - | - |
US73
gold
(1 week)US |
||
Kika dummy boy |
- |
AT31 (2 weeks) AT |
CH13 (6 weeks) CH |
UK9
silver
(10 weeks)UK |
US44
platinum
(6 weeks)US |
Chart entry: December 2nd, 2018
Sales: + 1,200,000; feat. Tory Lanez |
|
Mama dummy boy |
- |
AT40 (1 week) AT |
CH23 (3 weeks) CH |
UK29 (4 weeks) UK |
US43
gold
(4 weeks)US |
Chart entry: December 2, 2018
Sales: + 500,000; feat. Nicki Minaj & Kanye West |
|
Tic Toc Dummy Boy |
- |
AT39 (1 week) AT |
CH28 (3 weeks) CH |
UK43 (2 weeks) UK |
US53
gold
(3 weeks)US |
Chart entry: December 6, 2018
Sales: + 500,000; feat. Lil baby |
|
Waka dummy boy |
- | - | - | - |
US51
gold
(3 weeks)US |
Chart entry: December 8, 2018
Sales: + 500,000; feat. A boogie wit da hoodie |
|
2019 | Mala dummy boy |
- | - |
CH80 (2 weeks) CH |
- | - |
Chart entry: January 6, 2019
feat. Anuel AA |
Guest Posts
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
2018 | Gigi (Zkittlez) |
DE6 (8 weeks) DE |
AT18 (5 weeks) AT |
CH29 (5 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First published: August 3, 2018
Gringo feat. 6ix9ine |
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement: | |||||||
2019 | Swervin Hoodie SZN |
- | - |
CH95 (1 week) CH |
UK27
gold
(21 weeks)UK |
US38 × 2
(20 weeks)US |
Chart entry: January 5th, 2019
A Boogie wit da Hoodie feat. 6ix9ine |
Awards for music sales
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|
Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
Country / Region | silver | gold | platinum | Sales | swell |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
|||||
Denmark (IFPI) | - | 6 × gold6th | - | 200,000 | ifpi.dk |
France (SNEP) | - | 2 × gold2 | - | 200,000 | snepmusique.com |
Italy (FIMI) | - | 3 × gold3 | platinum1 | 135,000 | fimi.it |
Canada (MC) | - | 5 × gold5 | 2 × platinum2 | 360,000 | musiccanada.com |
Mexico (AMPROFON) | - | 2 × gold2 | 2 × platinum2 | 180,000 | amprofon.com.mx |
New Zealand (RMNZ) | - | gold1 | - | 15,000 | nztop40.co.nz |
Netherlands (NVPI) | - | - | platinum1 | 40,000 | nvpi.nl |
Norway (IFPI) | - | 3 × gold3 | - | 25,000 | ifpi.no |
Sweden (IFPI) | - | gold1 | platinum1 | 60,000 | sverigetopplistan.se |
Spain (Promusicae) | - | - | 4 × platinum4th | 160,000 | elportaldemusica.es |
United States (RIAA) | - | 9 × gold9 | 18 × platinum18th | 22,500,000 | riaa.com |
United Kingdom (BPI) | 4 × silver4th | 2 × gold2 | - | 1,320,000 | bpi.co.uk |
All in all | 4 × silver4th | 34 × gold34 | 29 × platinum29 |
Web links
- Official presence on Facebook
- 6ix9ine at Discogs (English)
- 6ix9ine at laut.de
- 6ix9ine at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b No Jumper: The 6IX9INE Interview. YouTube , July 24, 2017, accessed August 15, 2018 .
- ↑ 6IX9INE: color? In your face! (No longer available online.) Arte Tracks , January 12, 2018, archived from the original on August 15, 2018 ; accessed on August 15, 2018 .
- ↑ Donnie Kwak: Meet 6ix9ine: The First Rap Star of 2018 Is Easy to Hate, Impossible to Ignore. In: Theringer.com. March 1, 2018, accessed August 15, 2018 .
- ↑ Top 100 Songs | Billboard Hot 100 Chart. In: Billboard.com. Retrieved July 27, 2018 .
- ↑ Gold & Platinum. In: RIAA.com. Retrieved July 27, 2018 .
- ↑ US charts. Billboard, accessed December 20, 2019 .
- ↑ Katharina Kunath: Shitstorm against Nicki Minaj - because she licks ice cream with 6ix9ine! In: noizz.de , July 26, 2018.
- ↑ Rich Juzwiak: Details in Child Sex Complaint Against Rapper 6ix9ine Contradict His Public Comments. In: jezebel.com , December 14, 2017.
- ↑ Nick Mojica: New Details in 6ix9ine's Sexual Misconduct Case. In: XXLmag.com. Retrieved July 27, 2018 .
- ↑ After attempting to strangle a supposed fan - police are looking for 6ix9ine. In: boutblank.com. Retrieved September 7, 2018 .
- ↑ 6ix9ine: Does he have to go to jail? In: bravo.de . August 14, 2018. Retrieved August 15, 2018 .
- ↑ Tekashi 6ix9ine sentenced to two years in prison . In: BBC News . December 18, 2019 ( bbc.com [accessed June 27, 2020]).
- ↑ US rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine sentenced to only two years in prison! In: bild.de. Retrieved December 20, 2019 .
- ↑ 6ix9ine Admits to Domestic Violence in Plea Deal. Retrieved June 27, 2020 (American English).
- ↑ Tekashi 6ix9ine early released from prison for coronavirus. In: Rolling Stone. April 3, 2020, accessed on April 5, 2020 (German).
- ↑ Dav Dav: 6ix9ine free from Saturday! In: deinupdate.de. July 30, 2020, accessed August 4, 2020 .
- ↑ 6ix9ine drops single “PUNANI” and is said to have impregnated girlfriend Jade. In: bigfm.de. August 4, 2020, accessed August 4, 2020 .
- ↑ 6ix9ine at laut.de . Retrieved August 15, 2018.
- ↑ a b c Chart sources: Germany Austria Switzerland UK US
personal data | |
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SURNAME | 6ix9ine |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hernandez, Daniel (real name); Tekashi 69 |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American rapper |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 8, 1996 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bushwick , Brooklyn , USA |