Tekashi 6ix9ine is a free man due to the coronavirus pandemic that spurred a federal judge in Manhattan to release him early from prison because of his asthma, which makes the rapper-turned-informant more vulnerable to the novel virus.
On Thursday, an attorney for Tekashi, whose real name is Daniel Hernandez, told the Los Angeles Times in a phone interview: “The judge granted the motion basically because of the virus that’s ravaging our nation." "In prison, you can’t practice isolation or containment; it’s just not feasible," Lance Lazzaro told the newspaper.