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Tekashi 6ix9ine sentenced to 2 years after snitching on Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods

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A courtroom sketch of Tekashi 6ix9ine
A courtroom sketch of Tekashi 6ix9ine during his sentencingJane Rosenberg
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Victim impact statement during the Tekashi 6ix9ine sentencing
Victim impact statement during the Tekashi 6ix9ine sentencingJane Rosenberg
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Tekashi 6ix9ine's father Daniel Hernandez
Tekashi 6ix9ine's father Daniel HernandezJane Rosenberg
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Tekashi 6ix9ine was sentenced to two years behind bars Wednesday — despite all his singing to the feds.

Manhattan federal court judge Paul Engelmayer ordered the 23-year-old rapper to serve 24 months for his role in the Nine Trey Gansta Bloods — as he bashed him over the “lives put at risk because you had been dissed” while running with the street crew.

The hip hop provocateur had begged the judge for mercy but appeared rattled in court by the presence of his estranged father, whom he hasn’t seen since he was 9 years old.

“Is this a f–king joke, [with] everything that I go through?” a shaking Tekashi asked after spotting his 58-year-old dad, who is also named Daniel Hernandez.

Before the sentence was handed down, his father raised his hand from the gallery to speak on behalf of his long-lost son, but was forcefully shot down by the judge.

“It’s way too late to show up and speak on his behalf. You squandered that right many years ago,” Engelmayer told the elder Hernandez.

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Tekashi 6ix9ine at court in AugustErik Thomas

Tekashi’s father hasn’t had a relationship with him since he was kicked out by the rapper’s mother, but said he showed up to tell him he loves him.

“I’m trying to look out for him,” the elder Hernandez told The Post. “I want to tell him I love him.”

Tekashi faced decades in prison following his guilty plea on racketeering and other charges, but the deal he cut with feds allowed Engelmayer to impose whatever sentence the judge wanted.

Prosecutor had asked for a lower sentence and lauded his “extraordinary” cooperation against his former Bloods associates.

“The people against whom Mr. Herandez testified were leaders of Nine Trey.” Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Longyear said, adding that he “will forever have to look over his shoulder.”

The judge also commended the rapper’s “courage” working with feds — but pointed out that Tekashi sought out the violent street crew in an attempt to ride their coattails to fame.

“It wasn’t the gang’s business model to go after a rapper,” the judge said. “The crimes were undertaken for you or your benefit.”

He will get credit for 13 months of time served, but will also have to serve 300 hours of community service and pay a $35,000 fine.

“Bruce Springsteen sang about murder incorporated. You, Mr. Hernandez, essentially signed up for murder incorporated,” Engelmayer said.

During the hearing, the rapper pleaded for leniency by promising that he would commit to a life of inspiring low-income children and leave behind his reputation as a public nuisance.

“When people see me, they see Daniel Hernandez, not Tekashi 6ix9ine,” He said. “I failed these people. they believed in Daniel Hernandez. And I was too busy making the negative image.”

He mentioned one fan in particular who he had disappointed — a 5-year-old boy named Franklin with terminal cancer who he visited in the hospital.

“I realized I was not just a kid with rainbow hair and 69 tattoos. I was hope,” the artist said.

Tekashi’s lawyers had asked for time served for the rapper, who will be sprung from prison in late 2020.

“We’re disappointed,” his attorney Lance Lazarro told The Post.

The “GUMMO” artist, whose famed rainbow mane has almost completely grown out behind bars, was at times tearful Wednesday in the courtroom, where he was wearing blue jailhouse duds and white Nike sneakers.

It’s not immediately clear if Tekashi will enter federal witness protection following his release from federal custody. Prosecutors have cited unspecified safety threats faced by the rapper following his highly public testimony at the recent trial of Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods Anthony Ellison and Aljermiah Mack.

The rhymester revealed earlier this year that he flipped just a day after feds busted the gang.

In a letter to Engelmayer submitted last week, Tekashi said the arrest saved his life.