Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast - The Kidnapping of 6ix9ine

Episode Date: May 1, 2025

Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine (real name Daniel Hernandez) was kidnapped, assaulted, and robbed in Brooklyn by members of the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods, a gang with which he had been affiliated. The incident occurred shortly after 6ix9ine had filmed a music video for "FEFE" with Nicki Minaj. He was forced into a vehicle, beaten, and robbedBro got played by his own gang

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Seeful terms at Mintmobile.com. So Nikki Minaj, being a diva, sort of leads to this guy getting kidnapped. Let me explain. So it all starts with this guy, 6 I-X-I-9, and he's a rapper, and we've talked about him before, but this is a different story. So one day in 2017, he films a music video and puts a bunch of local gang members in it, because he thinks it'll give him street cred. And during the shoot, he meets this guy, Harv, and this other guy, Shottie.

So Harv and Shottie are both high-ranking members of this gang, nine Trey Gangsta Bloods. And these guys recruit 6 I-X-I-9 into their gang for real. And they do a lot for him. They give him protection, they beat up rivals for him, but most importantly, they give him the street cred that he needs. And partly because of this street cred, 6 IX-I-9's career blows the fuck up. Now, in exchange for all the work they're doing for him, 6 IX-9 pays the

them and the gang with the money he's bringing in from his music videos. So over time, Six and Shadi become best friends. They're like hanging out and they're working together all the time. However, it isn't the same with Harv. Harv is a little suspicious of Six. He thinks he's not a real gangster, partly because when they go commit gang crimes together, like various robberies and assaults and shootings,

6 IX-I-9 just mostly stays in a little. the car and films the others. But whatever, time moves on and six continues to blow up and become more and more famous. And suddenly, a bit of tension starts to build between six and the others. I mean, he's becoming a celebrity and it seems like maybe Harv and Shottie are jealous of all this money he's making off the street cred that they gave him. Not only that, these two are jealous of each other. And over time, they start arguing and fighting, over who's gonna control Six's career and get the most money from it. So eventually, bam, Harvin Shottie split, and poor Six IX-I-9 has to choose who to side with.

So naturally, he sides with his old friend, Shottie. But then, one day, in 2018, shit gets really crazy, because Six collaborates with another rapper, Nikki Minaj, and they film a music video together. And on the day, the music video is about to premiere, it's 4 a.m., and 6 is at a local strip club. Because, of course he is. Now, Nikki, she's kind of a diva. Well, maybe she's not a diva in this case, but she's a perfectionist. And she wants this music video of her to be perfect.

And so she's watching a cut of it, and she just doesn't really like what she sees. So she texts 6, and she's like, I don't like some of the things in our video. I need you to re-edit it before it comes out. And so, Six leaves the strip club early, and he gets in his car because he's got to go fix this video. And soon enough, his driver is driving him over to his editor's house. And suddenly, pow, a car slams into them from the back. And two guys in hoodies get out of that car. And one has a big-ass pew-pue.

And they run up to Six's door, and they open it, and they say, give me everything. Give me everything. Get out. Get out. Get out. Get up. Get me call. And six, he recognizes one of the guys robbing him.

It's Harve. And Harv tells him, get in my car, I'll shoot you. And Six, he doesn't want to get shot, so he gets in the car, in the back seat. And there's another goon in there holding a pew-poo up to him. And then Harv gets in, and the car speeds away. Minutes later, they stop at an empty street. And Harv grabs Six, and he drags him out of the car by his rainbow-colored hair. And he starts recording him saying,

Say you're not a gangster. Say you're not a gangster. And then, pow, he punches Six in the face over and over again. And then boom, he pistol whips him. And Six knows these guys are about to unalive him. So he starts begging. I'll give you whatever you want. I got jewelry at home. I'll give you jewelry if you just let me go. And Harv hears this and he's like, all get back in the car and they start driving to Six's place to get the jewelry. And strangely, Harve knows where Six lives, even though Six never gave him his address. But anyway, Six calls his baby mama at home. Who will just call Baby Mama? So Six calls her and he says, I need you to wrap up all my jewelry and come downstairs. And she's like, why? What's going on?

And he's like, just do it. And so they pull up to the house and baby mama comes downstairs with a bag full of jewelry. It's got a Rolex and a bunch of rings and chains in it. And specifically, it has Six's my little pony chain, which is worth around $365,000. And Harf, he grabs the bag from her and he gets back in the car. Now at this point, Six is thinking, okay, he got the jewelry, now he's going to let me go. I'm going to be okay. Everything is going to be fine. Until, everything is not going to be fine because Harf doesn't let him go. Instead, bam, he slams on the gas and skit, the car speeds way and Six is thinking, oh I am fucked, these guys are definitely gonna unalive me. Minutes later, they park on a back street.

And Harve, the goon, and Six, they all get out. And Harve, he's still got that pew-pute. And he says, come here, Six, let me tell you something. And Six knows what that means. It means he's about to die. So he does the only thing he can do. Bam, he breaks out and he runs as fast as he can. And he makes a sharp turn and then he sprints toward a different

street. Then he sees a random car stopped with somebody in it. And so, boom, he jumps inside. And the owner of that car is just some random guy and he starts screaming at him like, Hey, get out of my car. And Six is like, shut up or I'm going to die. Please, just drive away. And eventually, I guess the guy starts to believe him and he drives away. So Six finally manages to escape Harve. And later, he's lying there in the hospital recovering from all the beatings Harv gave him. And he's wondering, how did Harv know where I live. It's a brand new address. And only two people had this new address, baby mama and Six's old friend Shottie. So Six starts to wonder, is Shottie out to get me too?

So fast forward a few months later. And Six is chilling somewhere and he opens up Instagram and suddenly he sees all these comments on his page telling him that Shottie is smashing with his baby Mama. So of course, Six is pissed. So he goes and he confronts Baby Mama like, what's up with all these Instagram comments? And she denies anything romantic is going on between her and Shottie, but I guess Six doesn't believe her and he flips out and he beats the shit out of her. So now, Six has been betrayed by Baby Mama, Harve, and his best friend Shottie. Like, you'd almost feel bad for him if he weren't such an asshole all the time. And to make it worse, because of all his past gang activity and all the crimes he's been involved in,

the feds have been watching him for a long time. And eventually, they build up a strong enough case against him, and bam, they arrest him. Here's his mugshot. And they also arrest Harve, here's his mugshot, and they arrest Shottie. Here's his. And they also arrest a bunch of the other members of their gang, too. And so for all six's past gang activity crimes, he's facing 47 years in prison. However, when the feds come to him, he decides to make a deal and snitch on Harv and Shadi.

Sure, they were all in the gang together. They committed all of those crimes in the past together, but at the end of it all, Harv robbed him and Shottie allegedly smashed with his baby mama. And so, boom, six snitches, and he testifies against them in court. And he testifies against a bunch of the, the gang members and this puts his ex-friend Shottie in prison for 15 years and his kidnapper

Harv in prison for 24 years. However, unfortunately for him, it destroys his street cred as now he is widely criticized for being a snitch. So I guess the moral of the story is if Nikki Minaj ever texts you to leave a strip club early, don't do it because you might get kidnapped.