Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine was injured in an attack at a Florida gym. (TMZ)
Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine has been hospitalized after being beaten by a group of men in a Florida gymnasium restroom in a filmed attack.
The troubled 26-year-old rapper, whose real name is Daniel Hernandez, was injured in a fight at an LA Fitness in Lake Worth, Fla., authorities said in a news release.
The video shows the rapper on the ground as a man stomps on his ribs. A voice is heard saying, “Take a picture. I want to be famous now.
Then someone in the video says, “I’m a fan,” as the rapper comes out of the bathroom after the attack.
The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said her injuries were not life-threatening and requested information about the assault.
The rapper’s attorney, Lance Lazzaro, told TMZ that several men attacked him without warning while he was in a sauna and he didn’t have his security guards with him at the time of the attack. offensive. The lawyer said he tried to fight back, but there were too many attackers. Gym security heard the fight. The attackers fled and the police were called. The rapper was hospitalized.
In July, his security guards, including a retired New York police detective, were charged with robbery.
The security team was charged with allegedly chasing a man through Harlem with flashing lights and sirens sounding on their SUVs and robbing him.
“A celebrity entourage is not a police department, and Manhattan is not the Wild West,” Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. said in a statement.
The lawsuit from Tekashi 6ix9ine’s security team follows years of the rapper’s legal troubles that played out in multiple criminal cases.
He pleaded guilty in 2015 to one count of using a child in a sexual performance.
Arrested on racketeering charges three years later, Tekashi 6ix9ine testified against members of the Nine Trey gang and was sent home amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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