Tekashi 6ix9ine Takes Stand Against Alleged Nine Trey Kidnappers; Mentions Trippie Redd Was A Gang Member

As previously reported, Tekashi 6ix9ine took the stand in a New York City courtroom on Tuesday (September 17). The controversial rapper testified against alleged Nine Trey Gangsta Blood members Anthony “Harv” Ellison and Aljermiah “Nuke” Mack.

Prosecutors believe Ellison kidnapped and robbed 6ix9ine last July. The defence claims the kidnapping was staged and compared it to the infamous Jussie Smollett case.

Ellison and Mack were indicted as part of the federal racketeering case that led to 6ix9ine’s arrest last year. Both men were also charged with firearms offences.

Earlier this month, 6ix9ine’s ex-manager Kifano “Shotti” Jordan was sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of firearm possession during a crime and one count of firearm discharge during a crime. He was one of the accused Nine Trey members arrested on federal charges last November.

While 6ix9ine was in court, he reportedly mentioned Trippie Redd, a former collaborator-turned-rival.

According to reporter Matthew Russell Lee, who is live-tweeting from the court, 6ix9ine alleged that Trippie was once a member of a gang.

"Trippie Redd was part of Five Nine Brims, Hernandez testifies," writes Lee, who refers to Tekashi by his government name of Daniel Hernandez.

Read the transcript below.

"Your honor, the government calls Daniel Hernandez." He's in prison blues. Deputy Smallman just swore him in. It's on.

— Inner City Press (@innercitypress) September 17, 2019

Q: were you a member of a gang?
Yes. The Nine Trey Bloods.
Q: what sort of things did 9 Trey do?
Robberies, assaults, drugs...
Q: do you recognize anyone in court?
A: Anthony Ellison has a gray suit on. Mack has a brown suit on.

— Inner City Press (@innercitypress) September 17, 2019

#6ix9ine: "I landed another bus boy job. Then I became a wrapper. Peter Rogers came into the store I worked in in Sept 2014 to buy tea and peanuts, asked me if I rapped. Said, You look cool. I made more like rock n' roll rap....

— Inner City Press (@innercitypress) September 17, 2019

It was called Gummo. G-U-M-M-O
I had signed a 20% management deal... Seiko Billy...
(starts rapping: in the hood... first use of N-word).
Billy is Nine Trey, so I asked him to provide members for the video. "I met him at the studio in Williamsburg."

— Inner City Press (@innercitypress) September 17, 2019

Government played a song, LOUD. Now they are parsing the video, #6ix9ine pointing out all the guns in it, linking one to Shotti.
"Is that a real gun?"
"Yes."

— Inner City Press (@innercitypress) September 17, 2019

Trippie Redd was part of Five Nine Brims, Hernandez testifies.
"Did there come a time that Gummo was released on the Internet?"
Yes, it went viral. "Meaning, people shared it."
"I just put it up on YouTube and said, whatever happens, happens."

— Inner City Press (@innercitypress) September 17, 2019

"Before I changed my style of rap, I liked this kid called Kooda, I thought he was talented, so I named the song after him."
"Kooda was filmed in Brooklyn, intersection of Fulton Avenue and Utica, near Smurf Village. It is Nine Trey members who live there."

— Inner City Press (@innercitypress) September 17, 2019

"If you replace N-word with 'people,' that's what I meant. No one understood how rainbow hair could be with the Bloods... Fifty means to be on point, to be aware.
Objection: leading.
Sustained.

— Inner City Press (@innercitypress) September 17, 2019

So what did you get from Nine Trey?
"I would say my career. Credibility. Protection. All of the above."
Trey Way was something what we could market.
Q: Could you demonstrate the handshake?
A: I need two people, but...

— Inner City Press (@innercitypress) September 17, 2019

"We show up at a strip club in Brooklyn. Angels strip club, I don't want to be quoted." [There is a court reporter.] I wasn't making the sign right. He pulled me to the side. Yo, like, if you're going to be Nine Trey you have to make the sign right.

— Inner City Press (@innercitypress) September 17, 2019

"Mr Hernandez if you could identify the people in the photograph."
"I don't know the guy in the LA hat."
"And what is Mel Murda wearing?"
"Cincinnati Reds... He's the grandfather, I mean godfather, of the Nine Trey Bloods."
a/k/a Mel Matrix...

— Inner City Press (@innercitypress) September 17, 2019

Overruled. Now 6ix9ine says he spoke to Frank White and Magoo. "They could say who had ranking and who didn't."
Q: Turning to the street line up, were there ranks?
A: There was a godfather... twins... Five star general...

— Inner City Press (@innercitypress) September 17, 2019

#6ix9ine: "Shotti told me if you take care of the people behind the wall, they'll take care of you."
Judge Engelmayer says lunch will be ordered in for jurors tomorrow, to save time.
"Counsel I'll see you tomorrow." It's done for the day. Last story on this coming

— Inner City Press (@innercitypress) September 17, 2019