Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine reports to NYC lockup where Nicholas Maduro and Luigi Mangione await trial

NEW YORK (AP) — Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine is joining Venezuela's president and the man charged with gunning down United Healthcare’s CEO in a notorious federal lockup in New York City.

The embattled 29-year-old artist, whose real name is Daniel Hernandez, reported to the Metropolitan Detention Center in his native Brooklyn on Tuesday to serve out his latest stint behind bars.

He drove up to the gates of the jail in a luxury van with internet personality Adin Ross and a camera crew streaming live as he turned himself in.

The facility is the only federal jail in New York City but is so troubled that some judges have refused to send people there and others have described it as “ hell on earth ” for its poor conditions and constant violence.

It currently houses Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, as well as Luigi Mangione, who is accused of killing Brian Thompson, the leader of the country's biggest health insurer.

Over the years, MDC Brooklyn has housed a constellation of other infamous inmates, including music stars R. Kelly and Sean “Diddy” Combs and longtime Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell.

Hernandez’s lawyers didn’t immediately respond to emails seeking comment Tuesday, but have said previously that the rapper looked forward to serving out his sentence so he could resume his music career.

Hernandez admitted last year to assaulting a man and possessing drugs, in violation of the terms of his supervised release in a gang-related case.

He was sentenced in December to serve three more months in federal custody. He was previously slapped with a 45-day sentence in 2024 for breaking the terms of his supervised release.

Hernandez shot to fame with the 2017 release of his song “Gummo,” but the following year he pleaded guilty to his involvement with a violent New York-based gang, the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods.

He was sentenced to two years in prison in 2019, followed by five years of supervised release for his cooperation in the racketeering case against other gang members.

He was released from federal prison several months early during the height of COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

Hernandez's latest sentence is related to small amounts of cocaine and ecstasy found at his Miami home during a police raid. Prosecutors say he also punched a man who taunted him at a Florida mall over his cooperation against gang members.

FILE - Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine watches a baseball game between the Miami Marlins and New York Mets, Aug. 3, 2021, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Steve Kerr upset his mother.

Ann Kerr was mortified by the behavior of her 60-year-old coaching son, for the first time in quite a while.

She didn't approve of Kerr's ejection in the fourth quarter of a one-point loss to the Clippers on Monday night, when the Warriors coach was held back from the officials by Gary Payton II, Gui Santos and assistant Terry Stotts.

“All good other than my mom being terribly disappointed in me,” Kerr said of his 91-year-old mom before Golden State's home game Wednesday against Milwaukee. “She was at the game, she looked horrified afterwards. She asked me if I was going to hit the referee. I said, ‘Mom, I’ve never hit anybody in my life,' and she said, ‘it looked like you were going to hit him, why were all of those men holding you back?' That's all part of the theatrics. She didn't understand. I was a little alarmed that she thought I was actually going to hit somebody, that scared me.”

Kerr received back-to-back technical fouls and his fifth career ejection after becoming angry with official John Collins over a missed goaltending call, according to Stotts.

Two days later, Kerr didn't want to discuss exactly what set him off, saying, “there's a reason Terry did media the other night" after the game.

“I was upset about a couple calls,” he added.

Bucks coach Doc Rivers joked he was disappointed in Kerr's outburst.

“He acted like a fool, and I'm done with that from Steve,” said Rivers, who upset his late mother, Bettye, a time or two. “My mom was a church-going lady and I wasn't using the right language one game and she called and let me have it. It's interesting 'cause you say ‘I’m sorry' but do you know the next day you're going to do it again. So it's a tough one.”

Kerr said his mom had questioned him before whether he was going to hit someone, but it had been a while.

“Maybe my little brother,” Kerr said with a grin, making his exit from pregame duties.

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Golden State Warriors Head Coach Steve Kerr, center, is restrained by guard Gary Payton II (0) and assistant coach Terry Stotts as he argues with a referee during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Los Angeles Clippers Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Golden State Warriors Head Coach Steve Kerr reacts to a play during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Los Angeles Clippers Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)