Tekashi 6ix9ine has been granted release from prison earlier than expected, as court documents viewed by Pitchfork confirm. The New York rapper, who was serving time after pleading guilty to charges of racketeering conspiracy, multiple firearms offenses, and narcotics trafficking, will serve the four-month remainder of his term from home confinement under government surveillance due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
6ix9ine’s lawyer Lance Lazzaro argued for his client’s early release in a letter sent to Judge Paul A. Engelmayer on March 22.
In the letter, Lazzaro wrote that 6ix9ine, who was born Daniel Hernandez, has “asthma and has regularly been hospitalized due to serious asthma attacks.” Lazzarro continued, “Mr.