In early March, “Gummo,” on which 6ix9ine flows on a somewhat lazy beat using a voice that sounds like he’s been smoking since elementary school, debuted in the top five on Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums Chart. Those eyes and ears have generated a more real-world level of success, too. The rapper has over four million followers on Instagram, and his videos rake up thousands of views. “After you defeat all the Soundcloud rappers, you gotta face this n*gga as the final boss,” one such meme reads, with a picture of the21-year-old Brooklyn native laughing and holding a cigarette below. He’s a skinny, pale guy with a face full of tats, rainbow hair, and a rainbow grill to match. If you spend any amount of time online, especially on social media, you’ve probably seen 6ix9ine. My husband and I closely monitor his internet usage (or at least we thought we did), but even so, my little boy and his eight-year-old sister have been walking around our house singing out loud the censored version of rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine’s hit “Gummo.” And I didn’t even know it.Ĭontroversy seeking rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine has topped the charts while being dogged by sexual abuse allegations. “Mommy, I want to be a Soundcloud rapper,” he said.
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