6ix9ine delivered an emotional, dramatic speech during his federal court hearing — the same hearing where he was ultimately sentenced to three months in jail for violating the terms of his supervised release. His courtroom plea detailed nearly a dozen assaults and threats he says he’s faced over the past few years.
The rapper took the floor on Friday (Dec. 5), hoping to convince Judge Paul Engelmayer that prison time wasn’t the answer.
“I don’t think you have all the facts,” he began.
“They say you don’t understand a person until you walk a mile in their shoes. I want you to know facts.”
With a stack of oversized poster boards filled with photos, screenshots, and messages, 6ix9ine walked the court through moments dating back to his early release in April 2020 — all, he said, tied to his cooperation with federal authorities in the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods racketeering case.
“This is my life,” he told the judge.
These were the incidents he highlighted:
Aug. 5, 2020: While eating dinner with lawyer Lance Lazzaro and his family, a restaurant owner allegedly demanded they leave, saying they’d be assaulted if they didn’t.
Aug. 7, 2020: Kicked out of another Harlem restaurant and told it wasn’t “a place for a rat.”
Aug. 20, 2020: Threatened by a man holding a “dark object.”
Feb. 20, 2021: Challenged to a fistfight.
Feb. 21, 2021: At a Foot Locker, told there were “no shoes for a rat” and again challenged to fight.
Sept. 2021: Hit in the face with a drink at a UFC event in Las Vegas.
Apr. 2022: Punched in the back of the head after a show.
Mar. 2023: Hospitalized after being jumped by multiple men in a gym — an attack he described as being “beaten to a bloody pulp in a bathroom due to my cooperation.”
Feb. 2025: A coffin with a dead animal was left outside his home.
May 2025: A fake police car attempted to pull him over.
Nov. 2025: Armed robbers broke into his house and asked his mother, “Where’s your son?”
As he recounted these moments, his voice cracked. He said the backlash intensified because audio of his testimony leaked — something he called unprecedented.
He focused heavily on the 2023 gym attack, using it to explain the violent mall altercation that landed him in court. In that case, 6ix9ine and a friend chased down a man who had called him a snitch and beat him, stopping only when they noticed a gun in the man’s waistband.
He said the gym beating played in his mind during the mall confrontation — that ignoring insults could escalate into something worse.
“I was worried it would happen again,” he said.
6ix9ine told the court the nonstop incidents have damaged his mental health, stressing that jail time would only make things worse.
“Mental health is a real thing,” he told the judge. “Just give me a chance to get my life back together.”
Judge Engelmayer acknowledged the immense pressure 6ix9ine lives under, saying he “can’t imagine” the constant stress that comes with his notoriety as a cooperator. He ruled that the rapper must undergo mental health treatment — including anger management — during his one year of supervised release following the three-month sentence.
He closed with a warning.
“If you come back before me…, there will be another sentencing,” the judge said. “And it will not end well.”
