The rise and fall of 6ix9ine has been dizzyingly rapid. The controversial Brooklyn artist had been making music and videos since around 2014, but it was only two years ago that even the savviest rap fans began to hear his name.
In an effort to make sense of it all, we chronicled the key moments in his career, starting from the point he began bubbling into the mainstream with early press appearances and songs that spread beyond a small circle of early adopters. By “key moments,” we mean major events musically and career-wise, his relationships with other artists, and legal concerns. From Billboard hits to guilty pleas, here are all the highlights and lowlights in the career of an artist who, for better and worse, we couldn’t look away from.
March 9, 2017: A young 6ix9ine makes cameo in ‘No Jumper’ vlog
April 27, 2017: “Poles1469” video released
April-May 2017: First tour
July 24, 2017: No Jumper interview
August 2017: ZillaKami exposes an old case
September 10, 2017: “Gummo” video shoot
October 8, 2017: “Gummo” video released
November 11, 2017: Trippie beef, continued
January 2, 2018: Casanova beef begins
January 6, 2018: H-Town issues
January 18, 2018: Yams Day Brawl
February 5, 2018: Gunshots in Minneapolis
February 16, 2018: Canceled shows
February 21, 2018: Problems at LAX
Comments reportedly made by members of 6ix9ine’s crew to some women at LAX don’t go over well. Two men who are with the women start a fight outside the airport. 6ix9ine escapes unscathed, and brags to TMZ afterwards, “I'ma keep trolling these n****s. I'm not that hard to find.”
February 22, 2018: ‘Penitentiary rules’
February 23, 2018: ‘Day 69’ released
March 1, 2018: The King of New York
March 18, 2018: J. Prince problems
March 20, 2018: Attempted murder
April 3, 2018: The robbery
April 19, 2018: ‘I said I just turned 17’
April 19-21, 2018: Casanova beef, redux
May 5, 2018: ‘I Kill People’
June 18, 2018: Changing his ways, maybe
June-July, 2018: The triumphant return
July 11, 2018: Arrested at the airport
July 20, 2018: Vic Mensa gets dragged in
August 14, 2018: Get the strap
August 30, 2018: Praise from ‘Ye
September 1, 2018: Made in America
September 11, 2018: Yeezus
September 28, 2018: The raid
October 28, 2018: Surprise!
6ix9ine pops up as a surprise guest at Power 105.1’s Powerhouse NYC concert in Newark. “It was a louder reception than even headliner Cardi B,” Vulture reports. “Me, I never get invited to shit like this, ever,” 6ix9ine says from the stage. You can see footage from the performance below.