Tekashi 6ix9ine Surrenders for 3-Month Prison Term

Rapper Daniel Hernandez, known professionally as Tekashi 6ix9ine, surrendered to federal authorities in Brooklyn on Tuesday to begin serving a three-month prison sentence for violating the terms of his supervised release. The 29-year-old artist reported to the Metropolitan Detention Center, a federal facility in Sunset Park, after a Manhattan federal judge imposed the penalty in December for incidents that included drug possession and an assault.

Hernandez's latest legal troubles stem from discoveries during a police raid at his Miami home last year, where authorities found small amounts of cocaine and MDMA, also known as ecstasy. Prosecutors also charged him with punching a man at a Florida shopping mall who had taunted him about his past cooperation with law enforcement in a gang case. His attorney, Lance Lazzaro, argued in court that the victim had provoked the altercation by mocking Hernandez's informant status, which he said could endanger the rapper in prison. This marks the second time Hernandez has been ordered back into custody for supervised release violations; in November, he received a 45-day sentence for traveling to Las Vegas without permission, testing positive...