W.With its rainbow-colored traces and prominent facial tattoos, it’s hard not to look at the SoundCloud rapper and viral sensation supporter 6ix9ine. The 24-year-old, who has collaborated with Nicki Minaj and Kanye West, had no other choice. Even more than his actual music, the self-proclaimed social media “supervillain”, former gang member, and convict Ther Ther is known for his shocking ant online antiquities and law enforcement. For her, no publicity is bad publicity – so will the latest Hulu documentary ,: ny: Danny Hernandez’s Saga, simply play out the young provocateur’s chaotic thirst for spotlight?
Announced as both an “investigation documentary” and a “gangster story,” the film traces the rapper’s life from childhood until his arrest in late 2018 on charges including attempted murder and armed robbery. A year ago, he embraced himself with the East Coast jail gang’s violent satellite, Nine Tray Gangsta Bloods, to strengthen his image and the credibility of the street. Gummo, his 2017 music video, which featured cameo mios of many gang members, exploded in popularity. Things were growing fast. He rode the infamous cottel to break the internet before going into further breakdown. Due to his collaboration with the authorities, fast forward multiple recognition and brief jail sentence, and 6ix9ine has reached an all-time low today as one of the most hated people in hip hop.
Filmmaker Vikram Gadi told the Guardian, ‘I was trying to find the moment where internet violence turned into real violence. “The combination of guns and gangs is a thing of symbols and the appearance of violence. It’s about when the line is crossed at someone else – physical violence, people pushing in the face, groups shooting people – when you know it’s no longer a show. “
Influenced by the new pay generation of SoundCloud rappers so divorced from his own idea of New York hip-hop, Gandhi got a 6x9ine in 2018 and built his camera months after his arrest. To some extent, Gandhi himself knows two or three things about the state of attention. In Kumar, his 2011 documentary, he posed as a spiritual guru and gained a number of followers despite being fake. In 69 In, he leaves the costume and drowns in the life and times of the infamous man whose discovered personality became too real for his own good.
Prior to her rise, 6ix9ine was Danny Hernandez, a New Perks New Yorker, born to immigrant parents in Mexico and Puerto Rico. Growing up in poverty by a mother and shocked by the absence of her father and the murder of her stepfather, Hernandez had a difficult childhood in the shadow of anonymity before exploring the powers of Instagram and YouTube. “When I found out he had grown up in Bushik, close to where I live,” Gandhi tells Wali in a video. “I realized I was in that neighborhood and I know exactly where Bodega worked.”
Drawing from previous interviews, social media posts, audio dio recordings, videos, court documents and transcripts, Gandhi Tekashi calls the digital spirit of 6ix9ine without really calling. The rapper’s team ignored Gandhi’s interview requests and recently condemned the documentary. But for the filmmaker, the collaboration of 6ix9ine is never really important. “When I started, I didn’t know if he would get out of jail. He could face a longer sentence. I was making a film whether it came out or not, ”Gandhi explains. “In long-term filmmaking, you will always have a narrative arc that is beyond the control of some people. I believe [6ix9ine] Tends to interview where he can manipulate the story. He lives his life very online online, anyway. That’s really it. What will he tell me that he has not already said? ”
Indeed, Tekashi is adept at absorbing the bad press and turning it into something positive, knowing that meditation is the currency of fame. From his early days of clothing featuring desecrations drawn in big, bold letters, on his button-pushing music videos and high-profile social media beef, he knows provocation will “pick up”. In fact, his personality is constantly up-and-coming in a never-ending game of courage. In his first music video outside of Rose Prison, he portrayed himself as a rat, once acknowledging his new reputation as a snatch and drawing on its importance. The film draws a timeline of its various sentences and controversies, yet it shows a cold, accidental attitude towards the accusers and no matter who betrayed or harmed them.
“None of the information we share is new. But with [the film] We give a lot of people a human face, which in the past was just portrayed as a pawn [6ix9ine’s] The story, ”says Gandhi. He visits neighbors and former friends who knew Hernandez before throwing gang signals at the camera. But the most insane of Gandhi’s subjects is Sara Molina, the ex-girlfriend and mother of Hernandez’s daughter. Molina paints a bad picture of her ex-girlfriend as a physically abusive partner and an indifferent father and is addicted to fame for taking care of anyone. “For everyone in the movie, [6ix9ine] Is an excited person. Almost everyone I visited was close to him. It was as if they were all talking about a good friend, which made them worse. “
A cautious story about the destructive forces of fame in the age of social media, Tekashi’s story may be reminiscent of another American villain skilled in manipulating the media. Dave Chappell said once more [Donald] Trump was elected that we chose the internet troll as our president. I don’t think anyone at the time could have imagined that the attention he was getting was really making him win. “Gandhi says.”[With Tekashi 6ix9ine], Hip Hop World and the Internet created the troll and gave him fame and fortune. We are all complex in this given economy. ”
When asked about the objections of some who disqualify themselves from the spotlight, Gandhi says: “I have no answer as to whether this film is good or bad for society, or for good or bad. [6ix9ine’s] Career. The only thing I can do is subject to what is forbidden and to open it up. I think we have to focus on that instead of canceling things out. Why did this happen If you were someone whose story made you cringe, or if someone regrets being a fan of it, you can tell by watching the movie that ‘this is what came down to it’. ”
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