Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine can be serving three months in the identical Brooklyn jail the place Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his spouse are being held, along with accused CEO killer Luigi Mangione.
The rapper, whose actual identify is Daniel Hernandez, turned himself in to the Metropolitan Detention Middle on Tuesday, and he apparently has excessive hopes for assembly the ousted Venezuelan chief.
“I wish to dance with Maduro!” Tekashi instructed TMZ earlier than surrendering himself to authorities. He gave the impression to be making a nod to Maduro’s public dance strikes, which the New York Occasions reported satisfied a few of the Trump administration that he was mocking them.
Tekashi instructed the outlet that he plans to ask Maduro to play playing cards. He additionally mentioned that if he crosses paths with Mangione, he hopes to inform the alleged shooter all concerning the assist he receives on social media.
The rapper can be calling the MDC residence for the following 90 days after he pleaded responsible final yr to violating the phrases of his probation in a New York gang case by assaulting a person at a Florida mall and conserving medicine at his residence. He’ll be serving his time on the identical infamous detention heart that has housed such notorious inmates as Ghislaine Maxwell, R. Kelly and Sean “Diddy” Combs.
In an Instagram video on Monday, Tekashi spoke about all of the “clout-worthy” encounters that he’s hoping to expertise behind bars.
“Yo guys, keep in mind once I instructed you that I used to be arrested, I used to be in jail with Diddy, the president of Honduras and Sam Bankman-Fried, I imagine, the FTX man. And also you guys thought I used to be mendacity?”
“Now I’m about to go meet the president of Venezuela. I’ve that luck of simply being locked up with presidents,” he continued. “Oh, and I’m about to fulfill Luigi too, Luigi Mangione. About to play chess with them n—as, eat ramen noodles.”
Whether or not or not Tekashi will even have the chance to fulfill Maduro and Mangione has but to be seen, although he’s anticipated to be saved separate from the final inhabitants, possible in the identical space as these high-profile males, his lawyer instructed ABC 7.
As for Maduro, the Venezuelan president has been held on the MDC after a U.S. navy operation captured him and his spouse from their residence in Caracas early Saturday morning and introduced them to New York to face federal narco‑terrorism prices.
Throughout their first court docket look on Monday, the previous chief asserted they have been “kidnapped” from their residence and insisted that he’s “nonetheless the president” of his nation.
Maduro and his spouse pleaded not responsible. The couple is predicted to stay detained on the MDC in the meanwhile.
Mangione, who’s dealing with trial for the homicide of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, has additionally pleaded not responsible. He’s been on the MDC since his arrest in December 2024. A trial date has not but been set.
