![]() On ‘PUNANI’, meanwhile, we’re treated to: “Shake it, fat punani-nani, fat punani-nani / That tsunami-nami, that tsunami-nami”. Indeed, for someone with so much to say, it’s hard to take away a single memorable line from the album – unless you count the moment on ‘GATA’ when he sings the praises of New York’s subway system: “Oh damn, let me guess, you need an Uber? /The J-Train is right over there / 2.50, bitch, pay the fuckin’ fare”. Each song feels flimsily formed, based around a quickly sketched hook or threadbare idea, and then cynically padded out, with the rapper seeming in a rush just to get a track past the two-minute mark. What’s most striking about ‘TattleTales’, though, is how uninteresting and unoriginal it is. Whatever you think of him as a person, 6ix9ine is savvy and acutely skilled at marketing, brand management and promoting his own cult of personality. It’s often said that 6ix9ine’s music videos are simply the result of hate-viewing, and ‘TattleTales’ reveals that when stripped of the extras – the garish image, online beefs and media circus – he just isn’t very good. The visual is currently sitting at more than 500 million views. ‘GOOBA’, the first track following his early release from prison in April, broke YouTube’s record for the most views accrued by a rap video in its opening 24-hour period. Yet his music still racks up huge numbers. It’s this transgression that inspired the name of this album, and he leans into his reputation as a ‘rat’, adopting a rodent animation as a quasi mascot. The latter was part of the infamous trial, related to firearms and racketeering charges, during which he informed on members of the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods gang (he was formerly a member). In 2015 he pleaded guilty to a child sex offence and last year admitted to years of domestic violence. In the past two years alone, he has been arrested for allegedly choking a teenager in a mall (the charges were later dismissed) and testified that he ordered a hit on a rap rival. You look cool,’” 6ix9ine later recalled of the encounter.īut while his cartoonish image – the My Little Pony hair, Uncut Gems bling and gumball machine tattoos – initially took the spotlight, 6ix9ine now can’t escape the shadow cast by his long list of grim controversies. The Brooklyn rapper (also known as Tekashi 6ix9ine, or Daniel Hernandez to his mum) won his big break while working at a deli, when he was spotted by Hikari-Ultra record label boss Peter ‘Righteous P’ Rodgers, who asked the then-teenager if he rapped. I grew up being a nobody… I never want to feel that way. ![]() In a candid recent interview with The New York Times, he confessed to being addicted to infamy. 6ix9ine’s music has always seemed less important than his persona. ![]()
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