Tekashi 6ix9ine has been sentenced to two years behind bars.
The rapper, real name Daniel Hernandez, was sentenced on Wednesday in federal court.
He previously pleaded guilty to racketeering and other charges before becoming a government witness and testifying against the Nine Trey Bloods gang.
The judge in charge of the case said that Tekashi 6ix9ine, 23, deserved a substantial reduction of his sentence due to his decision to cooperate, according to Inner City Press.
The performer could have been sentenced to decades in prison for crimes that included orchestrating a shooting in which an innocent bystander was wounded. He pleaded guilty earlier this year to charges accusing him of joining the gang known as Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods.
He has already served 13 months and will be released in late 2020.
After his arrest, he shed the outlaw reputation he’d curated online and testified against his gang mates earlier this year, causing some to label him a “snitch”. The testimony helped get the convictions of two high-ranking Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods members.
“Your cooperation was impressive. It was game-changing. It was complete and it was brave,” said US District Judge Paul Engelmayer as he announced the sentence, which is far lower than federal guidelines for the crimes, in a Manhattan courtroom.
But the judge said the amount of time the rapper has spent in prison was not enough for the violence of his crimes.
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