
It was an amusing week for the internet after rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine turned a routine jail surrender into a viral spectacle, thanks to the unlikely company waiting for him behind bars.
On 6 January 2026, the rapper, born Daniel Hernandez, reported to the Metropolitan Detention Centre (MDC) in Brooklyn to begin a three-month sentence. However, that's not the best part. The twist is that he is being held in the same federal jail as the ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and the accused CEO killer Luigi Mangione.