| Celebrated Name: | Tekashi 69 |
| Real Name/Full Name: | Daniel Hernandez |
| Gender: | Male |
| Age: | 28 years old |
| Birth Date: | May 8 1996 |
| Birth Place: | Bushwick, New York, United States |
| Nationality: | American |
| Height: | 5 feet 6 inches |
| Weight: | 64 kg |
| Sexual Orientation: | Straight |
| Marital Status: | In a relationship |
| Wife/Spouse (Name): | No |
| Children/Kids (Son and Daughter): | Yes, 2 |
| Dating/Girlfriend (Name): | Yes (Leezah) |
| Is Tekashi 69 Gay?: | No |
| Profession: | Rapper, Social Media Personality |
| Salary: | $60,000 |
| Net Worth in 2024:: | $6 million |
| Last Updated: | November 2024 |
Daniel Hernandez, who is officially known as Tekashi 69 and 6ix9ine, is a popular Internet Personality and American Rapper. He gathers fame on the internet meme due to his excessive tattoos, rainbow dyed hair, and rainbow plated grills. He has an aggressive style of rapping that makes him popular among people. Takashi 69’s discography includes the mixtape Day69 and the studio album Dummy Boy.
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Early Life & Biography
Tekashi 69 was born on 8 May 1996, in New York. His father was Puerto Rican, and his mother is Mexican. Tekashi 69 was raised in the Bushwick neighbourhood of Brooklyn. His biological father left when he was in 3rd grade. He has an older brother named Oscar Osiris Hernandez. Later, in 2010, his stepfather was shot and killed outside of his home. This incident led him to deep depression because he was only 13 years old at that time. Tekashi 69 was later diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder.
In the absence of the father, 6ix9ine started hanging out with the wrong crowd and started misbehaving. In the 8th grade, he was kicked out of the school due to his arrogant behaviour.
Personal Life
Tekashi 69 was in a relationship with Sara Molina in 2011. Sara is also from his hometown, Brooklyn. In the year 2015, Tekashi 69 and Sara Molina had a daughter together named Saraiyah. Later, it was found that Tekahsi 69 had another child, but the name of his daughter’s mother is unknown. In July 2018, Tekashi 69 was kidnapped, attacked, and robbed in Brooklyn. The attackers took $35,000 in cash and $750,000 worth of jewellery from his home.
Apart from his success as the rapper, Tekashi 69 made news for several wrong reasons. At first, he was arrested for selling drugs. He was also slapped with the one thousand hours of community service. In 2018, he was arrested for firearms and federal racketeering charges. In February 2019, he found guilty for nine charges, but later it was revealed that he could avoid jail duration period if he helps in testifying against the fellow gang members.
Age, Height, and Weight
Being born on May 8 1996, Tekashi 69 is 28 years old as of 22nd November 2024. His height is 5 feet, 6 inches tall, and his weight is 64 kg.
Career
Tekashi 69 is associated with the crew ScumGang along with 6Zilla9, ScumBagChad, and righteous. Before this, he used to work as the busboy at the bodega. His friends motivated him to take up rap seriously. Tekashi 69 collaborated with rapper Bodega Bamz on the track entitled ‘Shinigami’ in the year 2015. Lots of his early music releases include ‘Sinaloa,’ ‘69’, ‘Sinaloa,’ ‘4769’, and ‘Pimpin’,
Early in his career, Tekashi 69 also had an ongoing beef with the producer and rapper ZillaKami. Tekashi 69 is also famous for his fiery music videos that feature several anime clips, fire, and crazy antics, and lots of visual effects.
Tekashi 69 made his appearance on the track ‘Poles 1469’ in the year 2017. Soon after that, another song title ‘Zeta Zero 0.5’ was released featuring Schlosser, Famous Dex, and Dalyb. Tekashi was also featured on Dalyb’s song ‘Jaguare.’ In October 2017, Tekashi’s first platinum single ‘GUMMO’ was released. It became a hit and peaked at number 12 on the list of Billboard Hot 100. Pi’erre Bourne produced the song. The music video was later uploaded on YouTube and got more than 333 million views.
In February 2018, Tekashi’s debut mixtape, Day69, was released. Apart from the Gummo, the tape produced two more singles ‘Keke’ and ‘Kooda’ featuring A Boogie wit da Hoodie and Fetty Wap. In November 2018, Tekashi’s debut studio album, Dummy Boy, was released. Nicki Minaj, Gunna and Anuel AA made a guest appearance in the studio album. The production was handled by Cubeatz, Ronny J, Boi-1da, Murda Beatz, among others.
Awards & Achievements
Tekashi 69’s song ‘Fefe’ reached number four in the Billboard Hot 100 list. In addition to this, several songs from his album ‘Billy’ entered the Billboard Hot 100. Takashi 69 is a fantastic rapper with an aggressive style that helps him to achieve high success in the music industry.
Net Worth & Salary of Tekashi 69 in 2024
As of November 2024, Tekashi 69 has an estimated net worth of around $6 million. He managed to earn this net worth as a professional rapper. Tekashi 69 made several announcements on social media handles of signing great deals, but there were no proofs for it. Later in 2019, he signed a $10 million deal with 10K Projects, a record label. It is said that Tekashi 69 has been earning approx. $60,000 every month with Live performances and YouTube royalties.
Tekashi 69 is one of the famous American rappers with the unconventional appearance and brute force screaming technique. He is famous for having multiple versions of the number 69 tattoos on his body.