#GOOBA 6IX9INE TRIAL#

The chorus - “Are you dumb, stupid, or dumb?” - rehashes a line from the Brooklyn rapper Ronny Godz’s “Are You Dumb” (that Remy Ma made into a catchphrase), which he cannibalized once before on Dummy Boy’s “Stoopid.” Chalk the repetition up to a lack of creativity, or blame Tekashi for banking his comeback single on an outdated saying on the fact that he just came home last month. “Gooba” is more of the same, a two-minute middle finger to haters set to a trap beat that sounds like horror-movie music. What followed was peak Tekashi, a long diatribe about how everyone’s jealous because he’s doing better than them, and everyone is mad at him because he changed the game. On IG, Tekashi danced into the picture to the tune of “Bad Boys” by the Kingston reggae group Inner Circle (best known as the theme to the reality show Cops), sporting gaudy chains and dangling handcuffs in front of the camera. He’s back like nothing happened, counting money, flashing jewelry, flaming people who doubted him, and drawing smoke from other rappers. We have the answer now, as 6ix9ine unveiled his comeback single “Gooba” and returned to Instagram Live to a record-breaking 1.9 million viewers. What do you say after that? How do you show your face in a community that rewarded you for what looked like realness, that despises people who lie for clout and people who cooperate with the cops? In court, he switched up and gave up associates like Kooda B, who was accused of trying to shoot Keef. A statement released by his attorney following the 2018 arrest on federal charges deflated the Tekashi myth in no uncertain terms, calling the rapper “an entertainer who portrays a ‘gangster image’ to promote his music,” who’d done nothing but get mixed up with the wrong crowd. Under the threat of jail time, the Brooklyn rapper, born Daniel Hernandez, said 6ix9ine was merely a character he plays.

#GOOBA 6IX9INE TRIAL#

The 6ix9ine saga jumped through the looking glass last fall when he escaped federal racketeering and firearm charges by pleading guilty and appearing as the star witness for the prosecution during the trial against the Nine Trey Bloods - the set he shouted out throughout his meteoric rise to rap stardom, fueled by the thunderous 2017 hit “Gummo.” The case chipped away at the very idea of Tekashi 6ix9ine, who’d made a name for himself up until that point as the consummate hip-hop troll, a tough guy prone to barking out side-splitting threats in his music and carrying feuds with rivals like Chief Keef out into the streets off record. Fittingly, he raps on his new single, “They sick, been hot way before coronavirus.” while picking up on old habits such as boasting to be the King of New York across all online platforms.Photo: Courtesy of Tekashi 6ix9ine/YouTube Daniel Hernandez, the individual behind the persona, was issued a two-year sentence for his affiliation with Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods gang. Tekashi 6ix9ine’s real-life reputation is one of snitch who ratted out his crew. Distributed by Create Music Group, the two-and-a-half minute vibrant visual, themed around the rainbow aesthetic for which 6ix9ine known, also surpassed Taylor Swift’s equally colorful “ME!” and Ariana Grande’s “thank u, next” as the fastest video to reach 100 million views on YouTube by an American artist.

The New York rapper was just released from prison in March due to concern over the spread of coronavirus within the corrections system and capitalized on being sprung by bragging on Instagram Live then dropping a new single and visual titled “GOOBA.”īreaking Eminem’s previous record of 38.1 million views within 24 hours with “Kill Shot,” “GOOBA” accumulated 43.55 million views its first day and instantly became the No. 6ix9ine has officially broken the internet… again.

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