Snitching on Nine Trey is off-brand for Tekashi, whose songs and frequent Instagram posts were littered with references to gang activity and trash-talk of rivals. The rainbow-haired rapper ran afoul of authorities in 2015 and pleaded guilty to participating in the filming of a sexually explicit video with a 13-year-old girl. He later told prosecutors the video was intended to boost his “scumbag” persona and “just for shock value.”