Sentencing in Rapper 6ix9ine's Child Sex Case Delayed Because He Failed His GED
LatestAs part of the plea deal rapper 6ix9ine took after pleading guilty to the use of a child in a sexual performance on October 20, 2015, the rising star was ordered to complete his GED. (In this case, the sexual performance involved a 13-year-old girl who appeared nude and engaged in a sex act with another party in a series of videos 6ix9ine appeared in and posted on social media.)
Today in a Manhattan courtroom during his sentencing hearing, 6ix9ine, whose real name is Daniel Hernandez, admitted that he hadn’t yet passed his high-school equivalency test. Though he risked being sentenced to one to three years in prison for failing to meet the terms of his plea deal, yet another adjournment on his case was begrudgingly ordered by judge Hon. Felicia Mennin.
With his rainbow-colored hair piled on his head to serve a look somewhere between man-bun and Gibson Girl, 6ix9ine loomed flamboyantly in the sea of bleached wood and gray suits that is the cavernous Part 22 in the New York State Supreme Court at 111 Centre Street. He stood out like a wildflower in a desert, albeit a wildflower that had been scrawled on in Crayola markers by a toddler—the tattoos that cover his face have a faded, bleeding aesthetic that gives them the appearance of being at least as old as he is, 21. 6ix9ine wore a red hoodie, distressed acid-washed jeans, and Timberlands with a red-paisley bandana print—a bold choice echoing the Bloods-inspired imagery of his hit “Gummo” video, made bolder by the fact that he wore them to court.
He showed up in the courtroom around 11:40 p.m., and was called for sentencing around 12:15. His attorney immediately requested another adjournment in a case that has already been adjourned several times because, she explained, he had trouble passing his GED.