Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine is detained in New York on parole violation claims [Video]

NEW YORK – Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine tried unsuccessfully Tuesday to persuade a federal judge not to send him to jail, calling him “bro” and insisting he never meant to violate the terms of his probation from a felony conviction.

Judge Paul A. Engelmayer in Manhattan ordered him detained for at least two weeks, citing alleged misconduct such as failing drug tests and declining to get required permission to travel — acts that he said would reflect a lack of respect for the law.

The judge also noted that the performer left the Dominican Republic this year, violating a court order to remain there after he was arrested in January on domestic violence charges and detained in October 2023 after he was accused of assaulting a local music producer. His lawyers say he’s being treated unfairly there in a corrupt judicial system.

In 2019, Engelmayer sentenced him to two years in prison in a racketeering case. The …