American rapper Daniel Hernández, better known as Tekashi 6ix9ine, regained his freedom this Friday after three months in detention at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, the same federal facility where Venezuelan former president Nicolás Maduro is being held. In a video showing the exact moment he left the penitentiary, Hernández showed a Bob SpongeBob doll to the camera. In 2018, Hernández was arrested on charges of organized crime, possession of firearms, and drug trafficking, linked to his involvement in the Nine Trey Gangsters gang. Despite a minimum sentence of 47 years, he reached a deal with American justice to reduce his sentence to just two years in exchange for testifying against his former band members. 'Maduro signed my Bob SpongeBob cell,' he wrote to his millions of followers. In fact, the rapper was seen traveling on a private jet to Miami just hours after his release from the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. Why he went to prison The rapper has a rather long criminal history, with multiple complaints and legal problems. According to him, he has an autograph from Maduro, with whom he would have met inside the prison. According to the Argentine News Agency, the interpreter of GOOBA voluntarily surrendered to the authorities on January 6, after the Justice determined that he had violated the terms of his probation, including testing positive for drugs and traveling abroad without permission from his probation officer. In a post he published on his social networks, Hernández celebrated his freedom by wearing an extravagant diamond necklace valued at $2,200,000, sending a clear message to his followers and haters: his recent detention did not harm his extravagant lifestyle at all. 'Fresh out of federal custody with $2,200,000 around my neck. God is great.' This allowed him to obtain the benefit of 'probation' with certain minimal requirements that he must meet if he does not want to return to prison.
