2017, featured a number of gang members sporting red bandanas. The “GUMMO” music video, released in Oct. The rapper bought red bandanas for the Bloods in the “GUMMO” videoĦix9ine began his run with the Bloods in late 2017. “I showed him for the first time what his life as a successful performer could look like,” the record exec shared.ĥ. He was signed to the country’s FCK THEM label, founded by Yaksha. Tekashi developed a huge fanbase in Slovakiaīefore kicking off in the United States, 6ix9ine’s rap was making waves over in Slovakia. I don’t want to be a superhero, I want to be a villain. “When they took my pops from me, they made me rebel,” he shares. “I feel like he feels like he don’t deserve anything good.”Ī voiceover is then heard in which the “FEFE” rapper compared his stepfather to a superhero, and how his death made him want to rise up against society. “I think it just makes him feel like he can’t get close to anybody now,” said Sara Molina, who shares daughter Saraiyah with Hernandez. Tekashi’s stepfather, whom he was very close with an considered a father figure, was murdered when the rapper was just 13.
Tekashi’s clothing line had the “shock value” he craved, featuring t-shirts and hats with the words “HIV” and “p-y eater.” The pieces made their way around the Internet, giving the rapper his first taste of “clout.”ģ. And that’s where he started creating clothing.” We introduced him to our own collective and gave him a home where he can be himself and create. Never went to a party, never went to a show. Before that, he knew nothing about music. Danny, it was his home and he fit into that. Like for all of us, I felt like Loaf was the father figure. “Loaf was an opportunity for him to express himself and escape the realities of what he was going through on his side because I know his father died. “It started with the MCs and then it became a home for other young kids in Brooklyn, Bushwick to create,” fellow rapper Shadow the Great explained. Tekashi’s participation in Loaf Muzik collective launched his creative career “I stand out for the kids who can’t stand out for themselves,” he says elsewhere in the doc. “I had to make a loud presence,” he’s heard saying in a voiceover. The rapper’s colorful hair, face tattoos and obsession with attention was a direct response to his more reserved persona in high school. Tekashi 6ix9ine and Nicki Minaj Share Alternate Version of 'Trollz' With New Verse