Two unsightly sports cars seized from rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine by the IRS have been auctioned off for exorbitant prices.
IRS agents seized the unique vehicles from the home of the 27-year-old rapper, whose legal name is Daniel Hernandez, in Lake Worth, Florida, in April.
Images of the seizure show a paper tag with the word “Warning” taped to the windshield that said the car had been part of a “United States Government seizure” for “nonpayment of internal revenue taxes.”
One of the cars, a 2019 Lamborghini Urus, was auctioned off by the federal government for $175,043 on Tuesday.
The blue Lambo has a custom paint job designed to look as if it has been splattered by multi-colored paintballs.
Tekashi 6ix9ine’s custom blue 2019 Lamborghini Urus was auctioned off by the federal government for $175,043
The rapper’s paint-splattered sports cars were sold at auction after the IRS seized them from his Florida home in April.
Thirty bidders competed for the car with 49,294 miles and in good condition.
Hernandez’s second car, a 2017 Bentley Continental GT Speed, sold for $85,000 at auction.
The green sports car has the same paint-splattered look and has 38,803 miles.
According to the auction website, the vehicle’s windshield and both side windows have damage and need to be replaced, and the convertible top has tears and would need to be replaced.
Hernandez’s troubles with the IRS are just the latest in a long line of legal problems for the troubled rapper.
In January, while spending time in the Dominican Republic, Hernandez was arrested on domestic violence charges.
His customized 2017 Bentley Continental GT Speed, in green with a broken windshield, side windows and convertible top, sold for $85,000 at auction.
He was taken into custody after Wanda Díaz, the mother of his girlfriend, rapper Yailin La Más Viral, accused him of assaulting both of them in 2023.
However, after a week behind bars he was released when his girlfriend, whose real name is Georgina Guillermo, claimed that Hernandez had never physically assaulted her.
Since late January, Hernandez has been banned from leaving the Dominican Republic without a judge’s permission and must appear in court every two months.
In October, the rapper was also arrested for allegedly assaulting local music producers Cristian Rojas and Nelson Hilario at a hotel.
Prior to his legal troubles abroad, the rapper was arrested in 2018 for racketeering, as well as weapons and drug charges.
He could have been jailed for up to 47 years if convicted on all charges.
Hernandez’s (pictured, arrested in January) troubles with the IRS are just the latest in a long line of legal problems for the embattled rapper.
Wanda Díaz, mother of his girlfriend, rapper Yailin La Más Viral (left), accused him of assaulting both of them in 2023
In late January, Hernandez was banned from leaving the Dominican Republic without a judge’s permission.
Hernandez eventually accepted a deal with prosecutors in which he agreed to plead guilty to nine charges, including one of the most serious, conspiracy to commit murder.
In exchange, he agreed to testify against members of the Nine Trey Gangsters, which outraged several other rap stars with a “don’t snitch” mentality.
When the coronavirus pandemic took hold in April 2020, the rapper was granted an early release from prison and instead transferred to house arrest as he successfully argued that his asthma put him at serious risk of complications from the disease if he remained in a crowded prison environment.
His sentence was served in August of that year.
One of his first and most scandalous legal run-ins came in 2015, when Hernandez pleaded guilty to one count of using a minor in a sexual act. He was sentenced to four years of probation.