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| Washed up rapper in Russia. |
Daniel Hernandez aka Takeshi 6ix 9ine is a broke rapper. He owes the federal government millions, he is on federal watch and the Bloods wants his head.
He is still facing lawsuits over his sexual predatory behavior and owes child support for his four children (two he claims).
His music isn't popular.
He joins Lil Pump, Lil Wayne, Jaheim, Ye, Forgito Blow, Ray J, Kodak Black, Ice Cube, Styles P, Joy Villa and Waka Flocka Flame in the never gonna sale cause y'all asses supported Washed Up 45.
Now he may face a permanent ban from entry to Cuba and a possible violation of his probation. The U.S. and Cuba are still in the embargo phase, a relic of the Cold War and Fidel Castro era. However, during the Obama years, he eased restrictions for U.S. citizens to visit Cuba. Many travelers are granted a special travel visa to enter the country.
The Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has issued general licenses for 12 categories of travel. Individuals who meet the regulatory conditions of the general license they seek to travel under do not need to apply for an additional license from OFAC to travel to Cuba. The 12 categories of authorized travel to Cuba are: family visits; official business of the U.S. government, foreign governments, and certain intergovernmental organizations; journalistic activity; professional research and professional meetings; educational activities; religious activities; public performances, clinics, workshops, athletic and other competitions, and exhibitions; support for the Cuban people; humanitarian projects; activities of private foundations or research or educational institutes; exportation, importation, or transmission of information or informational materials; and certain authorized export transactions.
A video circulating on social media shows the moment people started running towards the front of the hotel while what look like dollar bills can be seen floating in the air.
“Look, he threw money,” a Cuban man is heard saying in Spanish in the video. He later added “look at the Cuban people,” when more passersby joined the crowd. According to Cuban independent news outlet 14ymedio, the rapper started throwing the bills from a car in front of the hotel. Other outlets reported that he threw the bills from a hotel window. While condemning the act and calling it “shameful,” Cuban official outlet Cubadebate also remained open to the possibility that someone impersonating the musician might have been to blame.
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| Shouting for the moolah. |
On Friday, the rapper published an Instagram story suggesting the money might not have even been real. He shared a video of a man saying, “I ain’t go no money, that money you be seeing me with on Instagrams that be fake money, props.”
In any case, Cuban authorities do not seem to have liked the stunt, as the Cubadebate article suggests. Their readers left several comments criticizing the gesture of throwing money — common among rappers — as “humiliating” to the Cuban people.
Hernandez, 26, a New York rapper of Mexican heritage, was sentenced to two years in prison in the U.S. in 2019 for crimes he committed while he was a member of a violent gang. He was charged with conspiracy to murder, assault with a dangerous weapon, racketeering and carrying a firearm. He faced several years in prison but accepted a plea and cooperated with U.S. authorities to get a reduced sentence.
It is unclear which license if any the rapper is using to visit Havana. Tourism to Cuba is still prohibited, but the Biden administration again allowed group travel to the island under the “people-to-people” educational travel category. U.S. travel agencies can organize tours to take Americans to Cuba, but they must include cultural and educational activities.
On his two Instagram pages, Hernandez has posted videos working out in Havana and running along the Malecon seaside promenade, hanging out at the hotel pool and looking at the multitude of fans in the street through his hotel window.
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