Tekashi 6ix9ine’s Kidnapper Sentenced To 24 years In Prison

The high-ranking gang member who kidnapped Tekashi 6ix9ine was sentenced to 24 years behind bars in Manhattan federal court Wednesday.

Anthony “Harv” Ellison, a Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods member, was found guilty last year of orchestrating the gunpoint kidnapping and robbery of the rapper — and, a few months later, the ear-to-chin slashing of a rival, whose wound required 300 stitches.

“This was not a book club that you chose to affiliate with,” US District Judge Paul Engelmayer noted to Ellison of his gang before handing down his sentence.

Prosecutors had recommended a sentence of 30 years to life, arguing that Ellison has refused to accept responsibility and is a danger to the community.
“I’m not an angel but I’m not a monster either,” Ellison, 33, pleaded to Engelmayer, according to Inner City Press. “The moment comes when you understand your purpose sort of like a blessing.”

Tekashi last year testified against Ellison, who was once his bodyguard, and other former associates, helping to secure his conviction. The face-tattooed rapper-turned-snitch was also once a member of the gang, according to trial testimony.

Jurors were shown video of Tekashi — whose real name is Daniel Hernandez — begging for his life as he was ordered from his car at gunpoint in July 2018.

Ellison and another man beat him up, robbed him of over $100,000 in jewelry — including a diamond-encrusted My Little Pony chain — then debated whether to kill him before letting him go.

Meanwhile, the slashing victim was an associate of a rival gang member who had shot and paralyzed Ellison’s friend, according to federal prosecutors.

Tekashi got just two years in prison for his role in the gang, and was released early to home detention due to the coronavirus.

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