This sparked a huge debate on social media, with rap stars such as Snoop Dogg and Ohio rapper Trippie Redd chiming in both denounced 6ix9ine and referred to him as a “rat”.ĭespite this, given that 6ix9ine has cited pretty compelling reasons to abandon TreyWay, some fans have taken to social media to express their sympathy for him. In an Instagram Live clip, he asked his 19.9 million followers why he should be loyal to a gang who had abused his trust. The rapper claims to have been robbed, assaulted and betrayed by the gang.
He faced 47 years for his involvement with Treyway his testimony cut his sentence down to two years. The 24-year-old – who in 2015 faced a child sexual offence charge that was dropped in 2018 – infamously avoided serious jail time last year when he testified against New York’s TreyWay gang, with whom it was claimed he had been heavily associated with. There’s an element of rubbernecking here, a widespread curiosity at what 2020 will look like for the man born Daniel Hernandez. Just four days later, ‘GOOBA’ is on a staggering 142.5 million YouTube views. It amassed 43 million views in its first day the record was formerly held by Eminem’s Machine Gun Kelly diss track ‘Kill Shot’, which was watched by 38.1 million people in the same period. Yet this stereotypical video did atypical numbers: 6ix9ine broke the record for the most views in 24 hours for a hip-hop video on YouTube. But aside from the flashing of his ankle monitor and his posing as a cartoon rat for a few seconds – a comment on the criticism he has faced, more of which later – ‘GOOBA’ is pretty stereotypical stuff, featuring loads of twerking and diamonds twinkling. True, 6ix9ine shows some new versatility in the middle of the song, speeding up his flow. Using his signature screaming atop his usual raving trap beat, 6ix9ine seemingly raps whatever misogynistic and ignorant lyrics he can think of (“Your bestie is a dick sucker, I big dub her / As-salama-lama alaykum, you big hater”, he manages). The song itself, and its accompanying music video, isn’t anything special.
And his recent release from jail for “good behaviour” and comeback single, ‘GOOBA’, has put the rap world in a frenzy. But the rainbow-haired, slick-mouthed New Yorker 6ix9ine currently appears to be the king of controversy. Hip-hop has long been a hotbed of controversy, and from Drake’s ‘culture vulture’ accusations to Blueface’s inability to find the beat, the genre has had its fair share in recent years.
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