6ix9ine sued by Six9
completemusicupdate.comThe rapper 6ix9ine has been sued for trademark infringement and unfair competition by the rapper Six9. Which is slightly confusing, but would be even more so if I was reading this story out loud.
I guess we could use 6ix9ine’s original performer name of Tekashi69. I know Six9 would prefer it if we did.Six9, aka Warren Hamilton, has been performing and releasing music under that name since 2007.
Or at least that’s what he claims in his lawsuit. 6ix9ine, aka Daniel Hernandez, began putting out music as Tekashi69 in 2014, before later mainly using the alternative moniker 6ix9ine.In his lawsuit, Hamilton claims that Hernandez changed his performer name as part of a rebrand that followed him pleading guilty to charges of ‘using a child in a sexual performance’, which related to videos he had made that featured a thirteen year old girl, which he later used in a music video.“Upon information and belief, in 2015, Hernandez pled guilty to a crime involving the use of a child in a sexual performance”, the lawsuit states.
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