After two weeks in solitary confinement, 6ix9ine will spend a further 45 days in federal prison for probation violations, The Associated Press reports and a document viewed by Pitchfork confirms. The rapper admitted guilt to five violations, including non-permitted travel, failure to comply with drug tests, and possession of methamphetamines, the document shows.
Judge Paul A. Engelmayer suggested 6ix9ine thought he was above the law, “maybe because you’re a famous and wealthy rapper,” he said. “But the same rules do apply to you.” After the jail time, he will serve a month of home detention and a further month of curfews as part of a one-year extension of his probation, which had been set to end in six months. Before the sentencing, 6ix9ine told the court, “I’m very sorry. I’m not minimizing my actions. I fully take responsibility. I let myself down. I let my family down. Give me an opportunity to clean things up.”
6ix9ine’s ongoing probation stems from his compassionate release from prison in April 2020, as COVID-19 spread through prisons, due to his asthma. A possible sentence of decades had already been drastically reduced, after he cooperated with law enforcement and testified in court against alleged gang members with whom he had been affiliated.
