Tekashi69 surrendered himself to federal authorities on Tuesday at the same Brooklyn jail where Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife are being held. The rapper, whose real name is Daniel Hernandez, turned himself in at the Metropolitan Detention Center on 29th St. near Third Ave. in Suns et Park to serve a 90-day sentence, an attorney for the recording artist confirmed. “He’s looking forward to doing these 90 days quickly and getting back to his career,” said criminal defense lawyer Lance Lazzaro. “Any time in jail is difficult, but especially at MDC.” Manhattan Federal Judge Paul Engelmayer handed down the three-month sentence in December after Hernandez copped to violating the terms of his probation by keeping at his home cocaine and MDMA, known as ecstasy or molly, plus beating a man inside a Florida shopping mall. Lazzaro argued in court the mall victim was the aggressor and had taunted Hernandez over his history as a government informant, saying his reputation as a snitch would put him in grave danger back in prison. The 29-year-old infamously flipped on members of the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods in a 2018 murder conspiracy and racketeering case that could have sent him away for life. He ultimately pleaded guilty to gang, gun and drug charges and got a two-year sentence, with Engelmayer at the time calling his cooperation “game changing.” The judge sent the “Gummo” rapper back to prison in November 2024 for violating his probation by traveling to Las Vegas, testing positive for methamphetamine and skipping out on drug tests. Conditions at the Brooklyn detention center are famously brutal, and include power failures that have left inmates without heat for days during winter. Judges have raised the inhumane conditions MDC inmates are subjected to during sentencing, including in the 2021 case of convicted drug dealer Tiffany Days, 40, in which Manhattan Federal Judge Colleen McMahon said the jail was run by “morons.” ...read more read less