In 2014, he began his rap career by making and releasing several songs. He was expelled from school in his 8th grade and never went back. This changed things for the family and Daniel had to step in by doing several jobs and even selling cannabis so they could survive. He was raised along with his brother (and only sibling) by both parents until his father’s murder in 2009. His father was originally from Puerto Rico and his mother from Atlixco in Mexico.
Records hold that 6ix9ine who is also known as Tekashi69 was born as Daniel Hernandez in Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York on the 8th of May 1996.