He pretends to be a member of a gang

The rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine is not a real gangsta, he just plays on television.

On Wednesday, the attorneys of rapper "Oof", his real name, Daniel Hernandez, who is in a federal prison in Brooklyn since agents criticized him Sunday, suspected that the star belonged to a dangerous sect of the Bloods. a banger.

The federal government said he and five other people, including his former director, Kifano "Shotti" Jordan, had sold drugs, stole and shot people to reinforce their Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods.

But the rapper's lawyer, Lance Lazzaro, said in a statement that he "is totally innocent," adding, "An artist who portrays a" gangster image "to promote his music does not make him a member of a company. "

On Monday, the lawyer sought bail on similar grounds, claiming that Mr. Hernandez had only met his alleged co-conspirators a year ago, when they were arrested. were at one of his concerts, and that he had offered them jobs, especially in security and management.

Lazzaro also argued that 22-year-old Tekashi was a peripheral element of many acts of violence that the government blamed on him, including a robbery committed in April 2018, when he waited in the car.

But the federal government said Tekashi helped plan the flight – and then benefited from some of the revenue. They also said that the rapper and Jordan had asked the other Nine Trey members to fire on someone they disliked, which would have allowed an innocent bystander to be shot.

Tekashi was refused on bail.

He and his co-defendants will be brought to justice on Monday before federal judge Paul Engelmayer of Manhattan. He plans to plead not guilty at that time, Lazzaro said.

The lawyer could make another bail application for Hernandez at that time, he said.