

But in his live video he addressed with astonishing candor accusations that he was a “rat” for cooperating with authorities.

The lyrics to “Gooba” - which was released on the rapper’s 24th birthday - were mildly defiant.

6ix9ine (also known as Tekashi69) has been watched closely by the rap world since he avoided a long sentence - he had faced as much as 37 years - by cooperating with prosecutors against his former gang mates in the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods. Shortly after the song was released, 6ix9ine fired up his Instagram account for a livestreamed rant that lasted about 13 minutes and was seen by as many as two million people.
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A shrewd self-marketer, he immediately told his fans on Twitter how to buy the clothes he wore.īut the real performance was on Instagram Live. In the music video, the tattooed Brooklyn rapper - who had a meteoric rise presenting himself as a hardened criminal - appeared in candy-colored braids, surrounded by scantily clad dancers who were doused in paint as they twerked. The song is classic 6ix9ine: spitfire verses filled with boasts about himself and taunts to his detractors. On Friday afternoon, the rapper and Instagram star 6ix9ine released a new song, “ Gooba” - the first new music he has put out since a federal judge in April allowed him to finish the remaining months of his two-year sentence for racketeering and other charges in home confinement.
