In the era of documentaries supporting and celebrating celebrities (yes we’re referring to Britney Spears), Tekashi 6ix9ine isn’t really interested in being the good guy. In fact he prefers being the villain, so much so there’s an upcoming Showtime docuseries about it, Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine.
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And while Tekashi isn’t actually associated with the project director, Karam Gill, who hasn’t actually met 6ix9ine personally, Gill believes there is plenty of footage and public examples to pass judgment on the artist’s character. Resulting in a three-part series, which is actually based on Stephen Witt’s January 2019 Rolling Stone feature “Tekashi 6ix9ine: The Rise and Fall of a Hip-Hop Supervillain.”
Guess dubbing yourself the bad guy (no, not Billie Eilish, duh), warrants 6ix9ine’s life to be dissected and assessed for all of his wrong doings, and as we’re sure you can imagine, there’s a lot of it, which Gill had zero qualms about pointing it out.
During a conversation about the Showtime Documentary Series with Page Six, Karam explained that since his arrival into the limelight, the Brooklyn native is far from the naive kid who got sucked into some wrong doing in exchange for fame and fortune.
“I think viewers will be shocked to realize how hyper calculated the rapper is,” Gill said. “Tekashi was someone who never did anything online on accident. Every click, word, and action online was designed with care to spark a reaction.”
Holding absolutely nothing back, Gill went on to say, “the public and media hates him because he is truly a horrible human being who has done terrible things. And from an overall perspective, he loves to instigate and aggravate which is something that naturally sparks a reaction.”
Speaking of sparking a reaction, this past weekend Tekashi was all about that, directing his nonsense towards Meek Mill. Further proving Gill's accusations Tekashi coaxed Meek into a near physical altercation. Despite being infamously known as an informant with constant police surveillance and security, Tekashi instigated Meek about being a little you know what and surrounding himself with bodyguards and off-duty cops. Which he of course recorded and shared, creating a calculated viral moment.
Tekashi has spun himself into stardom with a concoction of social media and bad behavior, mixed in with a little bit of music. Not only has he threatened lives, including rappers like Chief Keef, he’s also rattled rap by openly working with federal authorities, which almost led to Gill turning away from the project completely. However, Karam ultimately deeming it an “important story,” that needed to be shared.
“I never really wanted to explore Tekashi’s story specifically, and actually was hesitant about the project at first because of how he has been such a toxic individual in our culture,” Gill continued. “But from a wider scope, I realized it’s an extremely important story that shines a light on where we are as a culture. We’re living in the era of manufactured celebrity, where people can create inauthentic online personas and rise to fame without any talent or morals. Tekashi’s story is exactly that, he’s someone who realized the power of having your own platform.”
As you can imagine Tekashi’s lack of involvement in this particular narrative of his own villainess persona has him feeling some type of way. Which he got his lawyer, Lance Lazzaro, to make a (you guessed it) public statement about, telling TMZ that 6ix9ine has nothing to do with the project. Furthermore, that Gill knows nothing about the rapper and shouldn’t pass judgment on someone he’s never met. Instead, that he should focus on the positive things 6ix9ine does like helping “young people who were dying from cancer.”
Who knows, maybe that’s next on Gill’s to-do list, how would Tekashi know, like he had his lawyer state, the two have never met. Regardless of that, we know what you should do next and that’s check out the trailer for Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine, below.
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