Tekashi 6ix9ine has addressed the incident after his mother’s home was invaded by four armed individuals who held her at gunpoint in a distressing event late on Sunday night (November 16).
The mother of the rapper, Natividad Perez-Hernandez, 60, experienced the terrifying moment when armed assailants entered her residence sometime before 10pm. Local Florida police were alerted to an ongoing robbery and promptly sent officers to the location.
According to a spokesperson from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, the four intruders forced entry into the home and threatened Perez-Hernandez with a weapon while they searched for valuables.
Perez-Hernandez was reportedly restrained by one of the attackers, who demanded to know where money and keys were kept.
By the time Palm Beach officers arrived, the suspects had already left the scene. The police informed The Independent that the robbers might have made their getaway in a waiting vehicle.
Daniel Hernandez, known as 6ix9ine, was serving several months of house arrest at his mother’s address following convictions on drug and assault charges, as reported by Complex.
However, he was not present at the time of the break-in, as he was engaged in a livestream with YouTuber Jack Doherty, who had been detained over the weekend.
During the livestream, Doherty reacted to the intrusion, stating: “We were livestreaming with [Hernandez] and in the middle of it, apparently he got robbed, so now there’s like a bunch of cops at his house.”
Hernandez has since publicly addressed the incident via his Instagram Stories, condemning the attack on his mother as ‘cowardly’.
He suggested that the break-in was a targeted attempt to exploit his absence from the home.
In his Instagram Stories, Hernandez expressed: “I’m on house arrest. The world know that. You guys waitied till I was on live stream outside of my house to do that.”
The Gummo artist had been allowed a rare opportunity to leave home for the livestream, a fact he criticized the robbers for exploiting.
He further stated: “Yesterday, they let me leave for work. People saw I was on livestream… they took that opportunity to do some cowardly s***.”
“My mom is 60 years old,” he emphasized. “Y’all know I’m supposed to be home. Y’all saw me in Miami and did that. Nobody respects that.”