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Tekashi69 Sentenced to 24 Months in Prison After Testifying Against Gang

‘TOO VIOLENT AND SELFISH’

Prosecutors urged a federal judge to show the Brooklyn-born rapper leniency after he flipped on his former crew, the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods.

Pilar Melendez
Pilar Melendez 

Senior National Reporter

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Pilar Melendez

Pilar Melendez

Senior National Reporter

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