Tekashi 6ix9ine was hospitalized after being attacked at a South Florida gym on Tuesday, his lawyer said.
The 26-year-old rapper was in a sauna when three or four people approached him and “beat him up,” attorney Lance Lazzaro said.
He said 6ix9ine tried to fight back. A video posted on social media showed the rapper, whose real name is Daniel Hernandez, walking into the gym with blood on his face.
“He had cuts on his face and bruises. Employees heard the commotion and the assailants fled. South Florida police were called and he was taken by ambulance to a local hospital,” said Lazzaro said in a statement.
It’s unclear if 6ix9ine is still hospitalized.
In 2019, 6ix9ine was sentenced to a reduced two years in federal prison after pleading guilty to multiple counts of racketeering, firearms offenses and drug trafficking. He could have been sentenced to 47 years but prosecutors recommended a lesser sentence after he helped prosecutors take down two leaders of a violent New York gang. He was released early the following year.