Authorities in the Dominican Republic have arrested U. S. rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine, who is due in court Thursday on domestic violence charges.
The rapper, whose real name is Daniel Hernández, is being held at a jail in the capital of Santo Domingo, where he was arrested Wednesday, officials said.
No further details were available and it was unclear if Hernandez had an attorney.
A decision is expected Thursday on whether the rapper will remain in jail or be released on bail while the investigation continues.
The arrest is Hernandez’s run-in with the law.
He was previously arrested at a beachfront hotel in the Dominican Republic in October after being accused of assaulting a local music producer. Hernández and his partner, a Dominican rapper known as Yailín los Ángeles Más Viral, were recording in the producer’s studio.
Hernandez has also been accused in the past in the U. S. of using a violent gang as a “personal squad,” but has avoided prison after declaring his opposition to the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods, which operate off the East Coast of the United States. The sentence at the time deemed him a very likely danger to the network and jailed him without bail during the extortion and weapons case.
In March 2023, he assaulted several other people at an LA Fitness gym in Palm Beach County, Florida. A video posted on several social media sites showed Tekashi 6ix9ine on the floor of the gym’s bathroom as at least two men kicked and grabbed him. hair.
He was sentenced in 2018 to four years probation after pleading guilty to a 2015 charge of using a child in a sexual performance.
Tekashi 6ix9ine had a multi-platinum song, “Fefe,” by Nicki Minaj in 2018, which reached the No. 3 spot on the charts.