O n Jan. 5, Tekashi 6ix9ine was driving with his sunroof open, enjoying his last full day of fresh air and blue sky before surrendering to authorities to begin serving his three-month sentence in New York’s Metropolitan Detention Center. The rapper, born Daniel Hernandez, was familiar with the Brooklyn jail; he’d been held there multiple times before, including recently in 2024. “Remember when I told you that I was arrested, I was in prison with Diddy, the president of Honduras, and Sam Bankman-