Tekashi 6ix9ine Gets 3 Months for Supervised Release Violations

Daniel Hernandez, the rapper known as Tekashi 6ix9ine, was sentenced to three months in federal prison on Friday for violating the terms of his supervised release in a long-running racketeering case tied to a New York gang. The 29-year-old Brooklyn native, whose real name is Hernandez, appeared before Judge Paul Engelmayer in Manhattan federal court, where he admitted to the breaches stemming from drug possession and an assault earlier this year.

Hernandez pleaded guilty to keeping small amounts of cocaine and MDMA, or ecstasy, in his Miami home, which authorities discovered during a police raid in March. He also acknowledged punching a man at a Florida mall in August after the individual taunted him over his past cooperation with federal prosecutors against the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods, a violent street gang. Prosecutors had sought between three and nine months of incarceration, while Hernandez's lawyer, Lance Lazzaro, requested six months of home confinement, arguing that the rapper's isolation in prison due to his high-profile status would make the punishment unduly harsh.

Judge Engelmayer expressed sharp disappointment with Hernandez's repeated lapses, stating that his...