Tekashi 69 was hit with another blow in his ongoing racketeering case, resulting in yet another setback to his music career and life. According to TMZ Tekashi entered a plea of not guilty to charges including conspiracy to sell drugs and commit robberies, but won’t get a chance to plead his case until September 14, 2019. His bail was denied early on in the proceedings, Tekashi’s lawyer plans to appeal directly to the trial judge, but things don’t look good for him.
The arrest, which was reported on November 19, took place just as authorities say Tekashi was planning to make a break for it to avoid members of his crew who had turned on him and allegedly planned to do him harm. Tekashi was arrested along with his former manager, his bodyguard, and another member of the crew and charged with six counts including a pair of shootings, one of which resulted in a bystander being hit in the foot.
As Tekashi has been in jail and unable to promote his album, his label Ten Thousand Projects, postponed his Dummy Boy debut indefinitely. Meanwhile, it’s clear that someone in charge doesn’t feel that Tekashi is safe inside; he was recently transferred from the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center to another facility often used to house prisoners who have testified against criminal associates. Unless Tekashi’s lawyer can manage a bail deal, 6ix9ine will be stuck there for nearly a year waiting for the chance to plead his case.
