There is no artist in our contemporary rap landscape who better personifies the fundamentally hollow sport of “clout-chasing” than Bushwick’s own Danny Hernandez, better known to the world as goony, rainbow-haired rap troll, Tekashi 6ix9ine. The rise and fall of 6ix9ine has unfolded as one of the most appalling sagas in the history of rap: Hernandez staked his claim as an artist of minimal talent and maximum aggression, willing to say and do the awful things that his competitors wouldn’t say or do. After narrowly beating a case where he was charged with three counts of the use of a child in a sexual performance, Hernandez essentially paid his way into New York’s Nine Trey Bloods gang. It was a decision that brought about lethal, life-endangering consequences that very nearly landed the belligerent SoundCloud rapper in prison for the rest of his life. 6ix9ine was linked to various violent robberies across Manhattan before he ended up ratting on his former partners, thus securing a drastically reduced sentence for himself. If you can believe it, Hernandez served the remainder of his sentence on house arrest.