Tekashi 6ix9ine says he gave up around $750,000 in jewelry in robbery

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• Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine called the kidnapping and
  robbery that left him hospitalized on Sunday an “inside job” in
  an interview on Monday.
• The 22-year-old rapper, whose real name is Daniel
  Hernandez, confirmed reports that he gave up an estimated
  $750,000 in jewelry in the robbery in Brooklyn on
  Sunday.

Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine called the
kidnapping and robbery that left him hospitalized on Sunday
an “inside job” in an interview with DJ Akademiks on
Monday. 

The 22-year-old rapper, whose real name is Daniel Hernandez,
confirmed reports that he gave up an estimated $750,000 in
jewelry in the robbery, and he seemed to refer to the robbers as
people from his inner circle.

“It was an inside job,” he said. “It wasn’t no outside
n—–s. It’s n—–s that know how the king of New York moves,”
he added, referring to himself. “The only person that can get a
Pharaoh in Egypt is the person who helped build the f—–‘
kingdom, you know what I’m saying? The n—– that’s right next
to him. The n—– that know who built that shit, that got the
blueprints.”

When Akademiks asked if Hernandez planned to tighten
his circle of associates moving forward, the rapper said, “My
circle’s been short, it’s just that I opened it with the wrong
n—–s.”

The Associated Press reported on Monday that Hernadez
was in a car in Brooklyn when three men removed him, put him in
their car, and robbed him of an “undisclosed amount of
jewelry,” citing the New York Police Department. TMZ later
reported that the jewelry was worth an estimated $750,000, which
Hernandez confirmed in his interview Monday.

In the interview, Hernandez compared his robbery to the
death of rapper XXXTentatcion, who was fatally
shot in a robbery last month. 

“I’m just happy to be alive,” he said. “I look at the X
situation like, ‘
That could have been me.’ That
would have been the same situation if I didn’t give it
up.”

After the interview, Hernandez posted a picture
of XXXTentacion on Instagram, along with a caption that
specifically addressed the attack. 

“Nothing materialistic is more important then LIFE. I live
to see another DAY. I get to see my daughter another day,” he
wrote.

Watch the interview below: