Rapper 6ix9ine is headed back to prison for violating his supervised release, with a judge handing down a three-month sentence, as reported by ABC News.
Prosecutors were pushing for a prison stint of three to nine months for the polarizing artist, whose real name is Daniel Hernandez, after he admitted to breaching his supervised release terms.
This sentencing adds another chapter to his long-running legal saga that dates back to his 2018 racketeering case, where he flipped on the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods in return for some leniency. Following his guilty plea, he was out early in 2020.
Billboard shares that 6ix9ine’s been racking up violations during his five-year supervised release. Back in November 2024, he pled guilty for dipping into drugs and jetting off to Las Vegas without the green light, resulting in a 45-day jail sentence and an additional year of supervised release. Fast forward to this past February, he was found with cocaine and MDMA, and then he ended up in a brawl with a guy at a mall in Florida that August.
6ix9ine’s legal team was pushing for six months of house arrest, arguing that he was only caught with a “very small amount” of drugs and that the assault didn’t cause serious injuries. His lawyer, Lance Lazzaro, expressed that actual jail time would be “much more severe, difficult, and even dangerous, when compared to a typical inmate.”
“Due to Mr. Hernandez’ classification, he always serves his jail time segregated and fully isolated from other inmates,” he noted. “As a result, Mr. Hernandez is given extremely limited social interaction with other inmates and very little time outside to get fresh air and exercise.”
6ix9ine is set to check into prison on January 6, 2026.