6ix9ine

Daniel Hernandez was born on May 8, 1996 in Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York City to a mother originally from Atlixco, Puebla, Mexico and a Puerto Rican father. Known professionally as 6ix9ine, Tekashi69, or Tekashi 6ix9ine, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and Internet personality. Hernandez is known for his distinctive rainbow-themed look, tattoos, aggressive style of rapping, public feuds with fellow celebrities, legal issues, and controversial public persona.

He was raised with his older brother by his parents until he was 13, when his father was shot dead. Emotionally disturbed by the death of his father, Hernandez started to act out and was eventually expelled from school in the 8th grade for bad behavior. He started working various odd jobs such as working as a busboy to help his mother financially. 6ix9ine also dealt drugs to supplement his income. He was eventually arrested for his criminal activities and sentenced to prison where he began to associate himself with the Nine Trey Gangsters, a prison subset of the Bloods street gang.
Hernandez began his career as a rapper in 2014, releasing songs such as "69" and "Scumlife". After being released early from a prison sentence, the rapper funneled some of his harrowing experiences into the songs on his 2020 sophomore album Tattletales

Hernandez has recorded with the likes of Yung Beef, Trippie Redd, and Mo Dollaz.His aggressive single "Gooba" was released in May on the rapper's 24th birthday and debuted at number three on the Billboard charts. The next month he returned with new single "Trollz," a collaboration with Nicki Minaj. Both songs appeared on second studio album Tattletales, which was released in September of 2020. The album debuted in the Top Ten of the U.S. Billboard charts and did well throughout the rest of the world, too.