The Tekashi 6ix9ine Interview (EP 176)

Summary

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The Bryce Crawford Podcast — EP 176: The Tekashi 6ix9ine Interview

Podcast Date: January 19, 2026
Host: Bryce Crawford
Guest: Tekashi 6ix9ine (Daniel Hernandez)

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Episode Overview

In this compelling and introspective interview, Bryce Crawford sits down with rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine (Daniel Hernandez) for a raw and honest conversation about faith, personal struggle, purpose, and grace. The episode explores Tekashi’s spiritual beliefs, feelings of inadequacy, his tumultuous past, and his uncertain future, including his imminent return to prison. Grounded in Christian values, both Bryce and Tekashi reflect deeply on what it means to follow Jesus, address personal demons, and seek transformation through faith. This episode offers a rare glimpse into the man behind the controversy, voiced in Tekashi’s own words.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Tekashi’s Relationship with Faith and God

• Open Admission of Struggle:
  • Tekashi opens up about his fear of not making it to heaven and feeling like he’s failed God, the church, and his purpose.
    • "I don't think I'm going to heaven. I think I failed God. I think I failed the church." (00:30, 07:41)
• Christian Upbringing:
  • Recounts his childhood in a devout Christian household, attending church almost every day of the week.
    • "My mom converted to Christianity...We went to church Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays twice.” (04:20)
• Ongoing Spiritual Calling:
  • Feels that Jesus is calling him home, and believes his brokenness might be used to inspire others.
    • “Jesus has been calling my name… He's gonna make me spread his word... Jesus uses his most broken people as an instrument to bring people to his church.” (05:10, 05:56)

2. Faith, Hypocrisy, and the Meaning of True Belief

• Struggle with Obedience:
  • Acknowledges knowing Biblical commands but admits not living them out (e.g., drinking, pre-marital sex).
    • “If I'm preaching the word of the Lord and I'm going against it, why would I say, Lord, I'm ready?” (09:42)
• The Difference Between Knowing and Following God:
  • Bryce discusses how belief alone, without obedience, is not enough.
    • “Even the demons believe, then what does that mean for me? What makes me and you different than the demons? And if, if they're... it's obedience.” (10:33)
• Spiritual Warfare:
  • Tekashi reflects on the distractions and inner battles that keep people away from God.
    • “When you see something message God, and you scroll up real fast is that's the demon in you.” (10:51)

3. Purpose, Success, and Fear

• Inner Emptiness Amid Fame:
  • Despite his success, Tekashi questions what he really wants in life and admits to feeling lost.
    • “I'm living in a thing where I'm trying to keep everything together. My family's happiness, my happiness, me being me, me wanting to seek more and more and more. And God is saying, when are you going to get enough?” (00:30, 21:56, 22:16)
    • “That's living without a purpose. And that's the scariest thing.” (22:16)
• Fear of Losing Livelihood:
  • Admits financial concern is a barrier to fully surrendering to God.
    • “I said, God, what if I stop being 6ix9ine? How am I gonna fend for my family?” (28:17, 28:21)

4. Grace, Repentance, and Judgment

• Limit of Grace Without Repentance:
  • Recognizes that grace cannot be used as a scapegoat; God knows the heart.
    • “God knows when you say, why grace. I had, I had grace. What about grace, God? What about grace? You can't just use grace...as an escape goat. God knows your heart." (26:26)
• Judgment Day and Accountability:
  • Tekashi shares anxiety about judgment, believing God will bring up every hidden thought.
    • “God is going to remember...that little one thought behind Bryce's head, right? That you're like, damn, what if God brings this up? God knows that thought.” (26:39)

5. Hope, Community, and Transformation

• Bryce’s Testimony:
  • Bryce opens up about his own struggles with faith, hypocrisy, mental health, and finding purpose after a supernatural encounter with Jesus.
    • “When I was 17, I was going to take my life on Christmas Day of 2020...I had a supernatural encounter with Jesus where he stopped me.” (13:33)
• Encouragement and Support:
  • Bryce expresses sincere care for Tekashi, offers prayer, and stresses the importance of honest, ongoing relationship with God instead of just religion.
    • “I love you. I’m here for you. I would do anything for you...” (24:49, 35:00, 39:53)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

Honest Spiritual Wrestling

• Tekashi 6ix9ine:
  • "I don't think I'm going to heaven. I think I failed God. I think I failed the church. I think I failed my, my, the reason I was, I was, I was created." (07:41)
  • "Even the demon believes in God, but the devil doesn't like it, so he sends his demons to like, make you neglect the word." (10:51)
  • "If you believe in God, then you have to believe in the devil. There's good and bad, right? There's not only good." (11:47)
  • "I'm up because I'm, I'm living in, in a thing where I'm trying to keep everything together. My family's happiness, my happiness, me being me... And God is saying, when are you going to get enough?" (21:56)

Bryce’s Past and Transformation

• Bryce Crawford:
  • "When I was 17, I was going to take my life on Christmas Day of 2020...I had a supernatural encounter with Jesus where he stopped me from taking my life." (13:33)
  • "You will never do enough. You haven't done enough. And there will never be enough things that you can do... that's what grace is." (24:49)
  • "It's Jesus. Jesus. And that's what we want, you know, and that's... what I want for you... And also not alone. You know how hard it is to do this stuff alone." (34:43)

Grace and Accountability

• Tekashi 6ix9ine:
  • "God knows when you say, why grace. I had, I had grace. What about grace, God? What about grace? You can't just use grace...as a scapegoat. God knows your heart." (26:26)
  • "I'm ready, bro. Like, I'm. I'm going in there knowing that Jesus Christ is like, walking beside me, like, let's knock this out." (32:30)

Prayer in Prison and Spiritual Influence

• Tekashi 6ix9ine:
  • On praying with Diddy in jail: "Diddy seen me get on my knees three times a day to pray to the Lord Jesus Christ. I prayed in the morning...6pm...and before bed...He said, can I pray with you?... We didn't ask the Lord for not one thing. We didn't say, hey, take care of our family. We just said thanks." (36:16, 36:45)

Radical Love and Self-Worth

• Bryce Crawford:
  • "I don't love you and think you're valuable because you've had some hit records and because you have some followers... I care about you because I think you're made in God's image and I think you're valuable because you're a son." (38:53)

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Timestamps for Major Segments

• [00:30] — Tekashi expresses fear about his salvation and pleads with God for fulfillment.
• [03:43] — Tekashi professes his imperfect but committed Christian faith.
• [05:10] — Tekashi believes his brokenness may serve a higher purpose for God.
• [07:41] — Tekashi doubts his place in heaven, admitting to feeling unworthy.
• [10:33] — Discussion on belief vs obedience and the difference between humans and demons.
• [16:09] — Both speak honestly about living with the tension of not doing enough.
• [21:56] — Tekashi confesses to feeling lost and directionless despite fame and money.
• [24:39] — Talk about God's grace and being given a reduced prison sentence.
• [28:17] — Discussion about fear, purpose, and financial stability as barriers to faith.
• [32:30] — Tekashi confronts his upcoming prison stint with faith and resolve.
• [36:16] — Tekashi shares a powerful story of prayer with Diddy while incarcerated.
• [38:53] — Bryce closes with words of affirmation, love, and prayer for Tekashi.

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Closing Thoughts & Tone

The episode is marked by radical honesty, humility, and a deep yearning for redemption. Both Bryce and Tekashi approach their conversation with vulnerability and mutual respect, encouraging listeners to confront their own spiritual lives with seriousness and honesty. There’s recognition that neither status nor past can substitute for a real, obedient, and grace-filled relationship with God, and that transformation requires surrender, not performance.

Bryce (39:53): “I care about you because I think you're made in God's image and I think you're valuable because you're a son. ... I would love to pray for you before we close out.”

The interview ends in a heartfelt, genuine prayer, with Bryce asking God to guide and use Tekashi in the next chapter of his life, emphasizing hope, love, and second chances over judgment.

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This episode is highly recommended for anyone interested in stories of faith, redemption, or personal transformation—Christian or not. It’s an unfiltered conversation about grappling with purpose, pain, and the possibility of spiritual renewal, straight from one of pop culture’s most controversial figures.

Transcript

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[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

I don't think I'm going to heaven. I think I failed God. I think I failed the church. I'm up because I'm living in a thing where I'm trying to keep everything together. My family's happiness, my happiness, me being me, Me wanting to seek more and more and more. And God is saying, when are you going to get enough?

[Bryce Crawford]

What do you want? I don't know what's going on, guys? Welcome back to another episode of the Bryce Crawford Podcast. I'm Bryce and today I got a special guest with us Today we got Tekashi 69.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

Not the best. Best of the best.

[Bryce Crawford]

I've never. I've never seen teeth like yours before. You have some great teeth.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

Yeah. Just go to Colombia and you see a thousand pairs of these.

[Bryce Crawford]

Are they. So how long have you had those teeth?

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

I think I renewed it in like 20, 22. Wow.

[Bryce Crawford]

They look very, like, clean and boy, I like it.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

Thank you.

[Bryce Crawford]

Hygiene's very important. Do you use a tongue scraper? Like, you know about that? I know it's so random, but you a tongue scraper? Yeah. Have you ever heard about that? Dude, I started. I'm not even kidding. I started tongue scraping. It like, changed my life.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

I'm satisfied with the toothbrush. Okay.

[Bryce Crawford]

Amen. Well, thanks for coming on. I appreciate you giving us some time.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

Yeah.

[Bryce Crawford]

You know, before we get into, you know, questions and stuff like that. Back when I was in middle school, I didn't grow up on rap. I grew up on country. I'm from the country.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

Where are you from?

[Bryce Crawford]

I'm from Georgia, like, like from a small town. I'm from north of Atlanta. About an hour. I didn't grow up listening to rap, but there was one rapper I listened to. It was Akashi.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

Oh, for real?

[Bryce Crawford]

Yeah, before I was a Christian, when I was in middle school and my alarm on my phone was gooba.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[Bryce Crawford]

How old are you back in middle school? I'm 22 now. I was back in middle school, but.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

Back in middle school. Yeah. That's five years ago. You.

[Bryce Crawford]

Wait, how old are you?

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

Skip SK.

[Bryce Crawford]

The question.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

Yeah, yeah, it's only five years ago. I'm 29. But if you were in middle school during Goa gooba came out 2020. It came out May 8th of 2020. Probably a different song.

[Bryce Crawford]

Was it 2020? No, cuz goo was my alarm.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

Yeah. So are you sure? Yeah, bro, I made the song. Yeah, that was the first song. I. I came home. When I got released from prison, I released Gooba. That was my first single.

[Bryce Crawford]

How many times you been to prison? Because I know you're about to go back to prison.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

Going back to pr. Going like seven days. Yeah.

[Bryce Crawford]

So how.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

Well, today's Tuesday. I'll be in prison next Tuesday, so.

[Bryce Crawford]

So how long, how many times have you been to prison before this?

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

Like seven times, I believe so. Not including this country. Right. Like I've been to prison. Other countries too.

[Bryce Crawford]

What other countries have you been in prison?

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

Dominican Republic.

[Bryce Crawford]

No way.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

Yeah.

[Bryce Crawford]

What would you go to prison there?

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

And I think, did I go to jail in Europe? I don't even know.

[Podcast Advertiser/Host]

Yeah, I think. Wow.

[Bryce Crawford]

So what does that, like, what does that kind of do for you, like when you're in these settings? Like is it, is it, is it dangerous for you or you kind of like, is it hard? I mean, what, what, what is prison life?

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

It's life. I don't feel like anything is dangerous. Like, don't get me wrong. Yeah, a lot of is dangerous. Like we're doing an interview on, we're doing an interview on the 50th floor right now. This is pretty dangerous. I don't look at it as like, oh, is it, am I in danger? Am I in fear for my life? Cuz that's not living. You know what I mean? It's stupid, but it's not. I don't think I'm in danger. I look at it as God saving me from something that I can't like stop. You know what I mean? You don't know if, if something bad was gonna happen to me between January to April, you know, I mean, so I, I just take it as a blessing.

[Bryce Crawford]

And you mentioned God, you mentioned God. Do you have a faith? Do you believe in anything?

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

I'm a full, committed Christian. I don't want to, you know, use God's name in vain or use any way of. Because I'm a God fearing man. I know I'm not walking the right paths of the Lord, but I try every, every chance that I get, using my platform to tell everyone that, you know, Jesus is king and that, you know, he's gonna one day you know, come and, and, and rescue his church.

[Bryce Crawford]

And where did this like, kind of upbringing of like no believing in Jesus come from for you?

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

Well, my mom used to. My mom converted to Christianity, I believe in 2002 or 2001. I was five or six and we went to church every day. We went to church. We went to church Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays twice. So the only days that there wasn't no church was Mondays and Wednesdays. And somewhere around the year there was church Mondays on Wednesdays, where they call it imba helico.

[Bryce Crawford]

Okay.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

I don't know what that means in English, but I don't know either. Yeah, we would go and church seven days a week.

[Bryce Crawford]

Yeah. And so like, where do you feel like you're at now with Jesus in faith?

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

I feel like I'm, I'm. Jesus has been calling my name. You know what I mean? Jesus has been saying, hey, it's time to come home. But I think Jesus is going to use me to bring a lot of souls to, to the church. He's gonna make me spread his word. And I feel like as a kid they always told me like the, the Lord is going to make you bring a lot of, you know, cuz and I said this a lot of times. But I honestly strongly believe that Jesus uses his strongest, I mean not his strongest, his most broken.

[Podcast Advertiser/Host]

People.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

Yeah. People identities to show the world that he can use. You know, I, and let me finish before because people clip this and cut it off. You know what I mean? Like, Jesus would use a crackhead. Jesus would use, you know, a, a, a, a, a gambling addict. Jesus would use, you know, someone so broken and he would use that person as an instrument to bring people to, to, you know, to, to his church. And like I said, if you look at it from the, from the, the darkest, the darkest and in the past times, I feel like Jesus is the only way. It literally is the only way, you know, and I'm strongly believing that. And I hate to like use this, I hate to use this as an example, but it's probably the best example I could, I could give. Like, look at Tekashi69. Look at Daniel Hernandez. Daniel Hernandez. Look at Takashi69. How much chaos, how much drama he. The, the Persona has Ca. And I'm still alive to sit here and talk to, you know, to Bryce. Yeah. On December 20th or 30th, December 30th of 2025. Look how many rappers and, and Just human beings done passed away on, on not looking for no bull problems or anything. And I, I say that in the most humblest way to show that Jesus Christ has a, has, has a, He has a, a purpose with, with, with me.

[Bryce Crawford]

You know, if you were to die right now and stand before God, on a scale of 1 to 10.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

I don't think I'm going to heaven. I think, I think I failed God. I think I failed the church. I think I failed my, my, the reason I was, I was, I was created.

[Bryce Crawford]

Does that scare you?

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

It does. I'm a God fearing man. Sometimes you get a chill like when I'm, when I'm driving and I see a homeless person, right? And something like, it's the Holy Spirit, right? The Holy Trinity, which tells me, stop, do a reversal. It's, it's that guilty conscious. What makes us human is conscious, right? You have a soul. Like because we all share the same skin. We all get up, peace, eat. What makes us so different is our soul, our conscience, our beliefs, you know, our faith in God. So I think I need to, you know, start aligning myself with, with the Lord.

[Bryce Crawford]

Yeah. You know, you mentioned like, like a few minutes ago how you feel like God's calling you home, but you just haven't taken this.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

And I'll give you an example. Like people come up to me in Target, Walmart said Jesus is getting tired.

[Bryce Crawford]

They say that to you, like saying Jesus getting tired.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

Random stranger said, listen, the Lord is calling you home, like he's getting tired. And you know, the, Jesus doesn't punish people. But Jesus loves us, you know what I mean? He's, he's a jealous God, you know what I mean? Like he, he loves you so much that he gave his only son to like, you know, because he wrote and, and I could be mistaken. I'm a strong believer in Christianity. But Jesus wrote ten Commandments, right? The only way you make it into heaven. He knew, he knew that no human can make it into heaven without breaking those ten commandments. So what he did was he said he sent his only son through human flesh to die on the cross for our sins. And that's the reason we even get the chance to go to heaven.

[Bryce Crawford]

So when you were talking about like that feeling of calling home, people running up to you and targeting stuff like that, what do you think is stopping you from taking that step of like running?

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

Because I'm not, I don't, I'm a God fearing man. And if I'm not ready to like right now, like, like in The Bible, if I'm not mistaken, it says you should not. Should not have sex before marriage. Like, I'm, like, I'm sitting here sick, drinking alcohol. If I, If I, if I'm preaching the word of the Lord and I'm going against it, why would I say, lord, I'm ready. So just in case, if I die right now, I have, I say, remember, Lord, you said, you, you are forgiving God. You are this. I'm lying to the Lord and I'm lying to myself.

[Bryce Crawford]

Yeah.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

So that's why people come up to me and say, listen, the Lord is calling you.

[Bryce Crawford]

Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I think you, I think you hit the nail on the head. You know, scripture. Scripture even says that. That even the demons believe. And I've been, I've been reading that.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

The devil was an angel.

[Bryce Crawford]

And I, I, I think to myself, man, if the, if, even if the demons believe, then what does that mean for me? What makes me and you different than the demons? And if, if they're. Because so many people say the same thing. They're like, oh, I believe, I believe, I believe. So I'm like, what makes us different than the demons? And I think that's obedience.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

I seen this a lot of times, and I see this one of myself. When you have demons inside of you, right? And I'm speaking to. There's 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. There's nine of us out here. You might not notice it, right? But when you see, like, we, we. We scroll on Instagram every day. We scroll on TikTok every day. When you see something, message God, and you scroll up real fast is that's the demon in you. When we hear something, that's. That people talk about God, right? And Jesus, the demon puts its head down. The demons inside you ignores it. So what I'm trying to say to you is that even the demon believes in God, but the devil doesn't like it, so he sends his demons to, like, make you neglect the word.

[Bryce Crawford]

Well, no, that, that scripture in particular is literally talking about the demons of hell, right? And so even Satan and the demons, they believe in God. And so, you know, we, I, I.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

Think in America, if you believe in God, I, I tell this, you know, to my girlfriend all the time. If you believe in God, right? You can't be. You can't pick and choose.

[Bryce Crawford]

You can't.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

If you believe in God, then you have to believe in the devil. There's good and bad, right? There's not only good.

[Bryce Crawford]

Yeah.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

So it's like if, and I'll, I'll explain it to some autistic or reach that doesn't want to understand, right? If you believe in Pepsi Cola, you believe in Coca Cola, right? And it's the most honest I could get because people want to be like, oh, what do you mean? What do you mean? No, if you believe in Jesus Christ, there is a devil that does. It's dark and evil, I mean, sorry, good and bad.

[Bryce Crawford]

So what, so what do you think that means for you? You know, I mean like we, you know, because. So I'll tell you a little bit about my story. Like I grew up, I grew up in the South, I grew up going to church. I went to a private Christian school. But I, I had a big problem with Christianity when I was growing up because there were a lot of people that were, that said that they loved Jesus, but their actions were the opposite of Christianity and they were forcing me how to live my life. But they were doing the total opposite. And so I had issues with that. There was hypocrisy. I saw there was a pastor in my hometown who had cheated on his wife, stole money from the church and ran. And then I remember when I was in the eighth grade, my grandfather had passed away to pancreatic cancer and I blamed God for his death. And so I just had developed depression and anxiety for years and felt hopeless despair. I've never drank, I've never done drugs or anything, but I had a porn addiction, I had addiction, people pleasing. I tried to find my identity in sports, all this other stuff. And when I was 17, I was going to take my life on Christmas Day of 2020. And that night when I was going to take my life, I had a supernatural encounter with Jesus where he stopped me from taking my life. And the reason I'm bringing up the story is because there was a large portion of portion of my life where I convinced myself even though I knew I didn't like God deep down, growing up. Well, I go to a private Christian school, so that means I'm a Christian. And well, I go to church on Sundays. Occasionally I'm there for Easter, I'm there for Christmas. So I'm a Christian. And I think that's where I'm at with this. Like even the demons believe, you know, because what, even if the demons believe, Jesus says on that day, on judgment Day, people are going to stand before him and say, jesus, did you not see the great things I did for you? I prophesied in your name. I casted out demons in your name. I Healed the sick, let's rephrase it that I went to church, I read devotionals, I did good things and he's going to look at them and say, depart from me, I don't even know who you are. And so that, that as me convicts me. And on that night when I was 17, I prayed a prayer and asked Jesus to take away my depression and anxiety. I haven't had it since that day. It's been over five years. And so when I read that scripture, I'm like, man, I want to know what is going to make me different than the demons, right? Because I'm of more value than the demons. I'm of more value than the birds, I'm of more value than the turf, the grass, you know, because I'm a human being made in God's image and I'm a God fearing man like you. I fear God. But I think fear does one of two things, right? I think fear can do one thing where it says the Bible. Psalmist David writes in Psalm 25, he says, the friendship of the Lord is for those who fear him, right? So there's some people who say, well, I fear God, so I'm going to run to him. I'm going to run to him and build a relationship with you. It's like a deep reverent love, like I respect you, but I also love you. And I like that. That's where I think some people go when they fear God. I think other people fear God and they run and they say, well, I'm not ready for that. I'm not doing this, I'm not doing that. And man, I could tell you I was not ready at all that night that Jesus called me out. In fact, I was the most broken, the most lost, the most confused, the most upset, the most angry, the most prideful, the most immoral I've ever been in my life. All in that thing. But I was the most honest. And Jesus says, blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God. And Jesus says the reward for being honest with God is him, you know, and so I think like I have been just fired up about this thing. Yes, I love Jesus, love talking about him. That's my thing. We're talking about him right now, you know, like that's my thing. I love it. But more than just my thing, like I, I believe Jesus is going to.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

Come back and yeah, and it's prophesized and I feel like Jesus is going to come back for his church. And like I said, I live with that truth of Saying, you know, have I done enough? You know, have I been honest? Being honest with, with, with. With yourself. Being honest with. And I'm cursing right now because I'm, I'm speaking like, be honest with no. With no trans. You know, just full transparency. With no.

[Bryce Crawford]

Yeah.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

You know, remorse or cautious. I feel like the Lord, you know, has, like, we live in the world of sin. Like, if you look down right now, you look behind us, right? This was all created in the world of sin, of prostitution, of drugs, of, of alcohol, you know, immorality, all of it. So have I done enough? You know, And I don't. We don't. We don't, you know, we don't deserve the grace of God. You know what I mean? Where, where. I think the Lord is coming soon. Not only is he's coming soon, he needs his church to come home. You know, just look, look at the prophecy, right? Look, look at all the things that's happening with Israel and, and, and, and, and like the Islamic. Right? I feel like God loves Islam. God loves Israel, right? Those are his chosen people. But I feel like God loves his creation where, whether you're Muslim, whether you're, you know, his chosen people, which is the, you know, the Jewish people. I feel like God loves us because we're his creation. The devil didn't create the Muslims, right? I feel like we are all his children and we need to repent, right? We need to. This one God, right? The Holy Trinity, which. The one God is God, His Son, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. And we are all meant to, Meant to serve eternity in heaven. You know what I mean? We shouldn't, you know, no one deserves to serve their rest of their life in hell. You know what I mean? But that's our choice.

[Bryce Crawford]

And you said you feel like if you died right now that you wouldn't be with Jesus. And in a time I'm.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

I'm. I'm honest with myself.

[Bryce Crawford]

Yeah.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

So I, I just took two shots of alcohol before this interview.

[Bryce Crawford]

I think, like.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

And I did that. And I'll cont. And like, I'm continuing to sin. I'm not perfect.

[Bryce Crawford]

But do you want to stop?

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

I can't use. Yeah, I can't use that excuse when I'm in front of the Lord, when I'm in front of God, I can't say, yo, well, I have this problem. I have this thing because, you know that little thing that tells you, don't do it, don't do it, don't do it, don't do it. That's. That's not just, that's not just me like my con. That's literally the Lord.

[Bryce Crawford]

Yeah.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

And I'm going against that.

[Bryce Crawford]

Yeah. I mean, dude, I've been and I'm.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

And, and you could say you fighting, you fighting it, but what you said when you go in front of the Lord Jesus Christ and you said, hey.

[Bryce Crawford]

Look at all the stuff I've done.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

Look at all the stuff I've done. Look this, look at this. And what Jesus will say, I don't know you.

[Bryce Crawford]

Yeah, yeah.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

And when, when the prostitute was selling, when the prostitute, I forgot who it was. She was selling herself and everyone was judging her. Right. What Jesus said, anyone without sin, if, if who, whoever didn't sin, may they speak up? Right? He was drawing on the floor.

[Bryce Crawford]

Yeah.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

He said, whoever, he was drawing with his finger. He said, whoever didn't sin, may you speak up now. And everyone sinned. So who are you to judge? It's one Jesus Christ.

[Bryce Crawford]

Yeah, yeah, for sure. You know, I, I've been, I mean, dude, I've, for years. I'm very particular with who I like to sit down with and have, and have conversation. I'm very particular, very particular. And I, I've been, I've been praying for you for years. And so when we were able to sit down, I, I, I wanted this to be a priority because. Yeah, I mean, yeah, it's a podcast. People are going to listen. I think people won't, honestly.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

No, I think the demons won't let them listen, but their conscience will say, go back and watch this interview. Like, and, and, and people want to, people want to hear me say, yo, this guy, that guy, this. Right? But the demons don't want them to, to hear this because they're like, what does, what does 6 9. The Goober 6 9. The Gummoe 6 9. The Billy 6 9. The guy who just walked out, Jake Paul, the guy that would be with Steve will do it. The guy would be streaming with Aiden. Is this fearful of, of our Lord far Jesus?

[Bryce Crawford]

Yeah, bro.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

Jesus is real, bro.

[Bryce Crawford]

He's very real.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

You know what I mean? But you know, and not only this, bro, look at me. I pleaded guilty to 47 years of, of life. People look at snitching, cooperating, like, oh, well, that's what, that, that's what snitches get. They get a reduced sentence. A lot of people are going to ignore these facts, but do you know that everyone doesn't get the opportunity to cooperate with the federal government. If they want you, they got you. They don't give you a chance. So you might joke about it, you might laugh about it and say, oh, well, Jesus gave you an opportunity to snitch. No, Jesus has. What Jesus has for you, no one can take from you. And not meaning my corporation, meaning I have something written for you. Until it fulfills, I won't take it from you.

[Bryce Crawford]

Do you. I think, I think people really want to know, like, how you're doing, like, how, how are you?

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

Actually, I'm up, I'm up because I'm, I'm living in, in a thing where I'm trying to keep everything together. My family's happiness, my happiness, me being me, me wanting to seek more and more and more. And God is saying, when are you going to get enough?

[Bryce Crawford]

What do you want exactly? What do you want?

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

I don't know. And that's living without a purpose. And that's the scariest thing, you know, today, driving here, I said, what am I doing? Like, I gotta, I gotta, I gotta stream, I gotta interview with you, right? I have to do it. It's, it's, it's just completely professionalism. Right?

[Bryce Crawford]

Well, I think, I think I gotta.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

I gotta stream with Steve, I gotta stream with Aiden, I gotta go to studio with Shlomi. Who do I cancel and who to do this? What is my purpose, what I'm doing? I'm going to jail in seven days.

[Bryce Crawford]

Well, I even think, I know you said that, like, oh, I've got to do this, right? Yeah, but even you and I would say, well, it's no coincidence that it finally worked out that we finally got to sit here. We've been talking to Chris for a minute, but now it's here while I'm.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

Talking about Aiden, he's calling me right now, and I, and shout out to Aiden, but I had a cancel on him because I'm like, it's responsibility. It's me doing stuff, it's me, you know, trying to do the right things and, and, but does it bring me happiness? One, no, two, I'm like, yeah, I'm going to jail. Should I spend more time with my family? My house just got invaded. Is my mom okay? Is this, this? Yeah, but then I'm like, I'm the one keeping the household. I'm the one paying the bills, I'm the one do this. But you know what? When you're right with God, none of this matters.

[Bryce Crawford]

Yeah, you're right. So I feel like, I feel like, you know, I don't think it's coincidence, right? We've been working for a While to try to sit down with you and have a conversation and get to chat. And I know to you it might be like, oh, you know, this is work. You know, this is professional. We're sitting down. But to me, I'm like, man, God wants to speak to Danny. You know, I know you say, hey, I know you. They all call you Danny because they know you. And, you know, you're Tekashi to the world, but really you're Danny, you know? And to me, when I'm talking to you, I don't feel like I'm Talking to the 6, 9 that I used to listen to in middle school before I was following Jesus. I feel like I'm talking to Danny right now. And God loves Danny, but I love you, man. I think God really is after your heart. And I know you say you hear that a lot, but it's just the truth. And it is no coincidence that you're still here, that you're still alive, that God's grace. It's no coincidence that you're getting a shorter sentence than normal. You know what I mean? Like, there's no coincidence.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

I didn't even tell him that in anything. Like, I definitely got a shorter sentence because if you look at the docket sheet, at my transcript, the judge said I was ready to give you the maximum, which is nine months, but you.

[Bryce Crawford]

Got a shorter sentence, and I got.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

A shorter sentence, and that's off, you know, for our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

[Bryce Crawford]

But there's this thing that I think we all need to live with, and it's that urgency, right? And. And.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

And.

[Bryce Crawford]

And as, like, your brother, as someone that loves you, even though we just met, and I'm like, man, I love you. I'm here for you. I would do anything for you, even though we just met. Sincerely, that's how I feel. I would do anything for you, even though we just met. I want to see everyone I love, which is anyone that breathes oxygen, be with Jesus. And I mean, dude, you've been to jail seven times. You understand it. You understand you've pled guilty to stuff. You stand there, they read off the list of your crimes, and they read your sentence. But the only way that you can receive the forgiveness and grace of God is if you just let it happen. And that's what forgiveness is. It's canceling the debt that we owe God. That's like you getting read the craziest sentence of your life. Imagine the craziest stuff you've ever done in your life compiled onto a sheet and A judge was about to send you away for life. And then he goes, actually, somebody else is going to do your sentence for you. You can walk free. They canceled the debt that you owed people with your crimes and everything that you've ever done. And I know you say like, oh, I haven't done enough. What have I done? What have I done? And, you know, I know we've been talking about that, but really, that's the fact that I have not done enough. And I love Jesus and I do my best to follow him every day. You will never do enough. You haven't done enough. And there will never be enough things that you can do the same thing with me, you know, and that, and that's what grace is, right? We have this infinite debt and we're limited, finite beings.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

And let me cut you off right there because. Just that one thing, because when I went to jail last year, when I went to prison last year, and I was with Diddy, and I was with President Honduras, and I was with Sam Breck Freeman, people forget that the word grace, People's like, well, I have grace. I haven't done enough. I have a grace. God knows when you, when you, when that conscious speaks.

[Bryce Crawford]

Yeah.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

God knows when you say, why grace. I had, I had grace. What about grace, God? What about grace? You can't just use grace.

[Bryce Crawford]

Yeah.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

As a scapegoat, as an escape goat. God knows your heart. God knows that.

[Bryce Crawford]

That's right.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

I feel like when you're in front of God, God is going to remember this. That little one thought. Cuz I have it. That little one thought behind Bryce's head, right? That you're like, damn, what if God brings this up? God knows that thought. God is going to bring it up right here. And you know what? I'm like, yo, like, like, yo, put it side by side. God is going to do that and he's going to be like, look at that. I knew about that. I knew that. I knew that was what worried you. You know what I mean?

[Bryce Crawford]

Yeah.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

And I feel like. And that's when, on Judgment Day, when he shows you that God is going to be like, you didn't use my grace, like, in vain.

[Bryce Crawford]

Yeah, yeah. I, I, you know, I think I, I do believe God wants to use you in magnificent ways. I think he wants to use you in a powerful way to bring people to him. But it's interesting, the Bible, in Corinthians, when Paul writes to the Church of Corporations, Corinth, the church in Corinth was super messed up, dude. I mean, they were doing crazy stuff, like, all sleeping with each other. And, like, it's just a bunch of debauchery. And he says, hey, you can't drink from the cup of demons and the cup of the Lord. It's one or the other. And in the book of Revelation, you know all about the end times. Jesus says to the church of Laodicea, who was lukewarm, they weren't cold or hot, they were sitting on the fence. He says, I'll vomit you out of my mouth. I would rather you be cold or hot, not both. And I. I think that's the urgency that I've got. I think that's what we got to have. You know, it's like, I want to be all in. What do you think kind of holds you back from being all in? Do you think it's a fear of finances? Fear of family falling apart? Fear of this? Exactly.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

You said it. You said it right there. The first thing you said. It was there.

[Bryce Crawford]

Fear of finance.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

I said, God, what if I stop being 6, 9? How am I gonna. How am I gonna fend for my family?

[Bryce Crawford]

Are you happy that I heard this quote one time from this guy, George Mueller. He's a famous Christian from a couple hundred years ago. He said, if you're not content with the amount of money you have in your bank account, you would never be content with double the amount of money in your bank account. And it's interesting that there's a story in Luke chapter 16 where Jesus talks to this man, a rich young ruler, and he goes, hey, Jesus, what do I need to do to enter the kingdom of heaven? Kind of cocky. And Jesus says, well, love the Lord your God with your whole heart, soul, mind and strength, and love your neighbor as yourself. And he's like, well, I already do that. And Jesus says, okay, we'll sell everything you have and follow me. And it says that the rich man got sad. And this is where we hear the analogy. For it's easier for a rich man for it's easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than it is for a rich man into the kingdom of heaven. And the man got sad. Now, it doesn't say it's impossible, okay? And he saw the man got sad, and he says, what seems impossible for man is possible with God. That's what he says. So think about this. There is no such thing as scarcity in the kingdom of God. Now, that doesn't mean when you're becoming a Christian, that you're going to be some rich millionaire Billionaire. God trusts people with money. For example, I had a co worker I used to work with years ago who didn't believe in Jesus. But he said, well, if God gives me money when I pray, then I'll believe in Him. And he never got money. But he was a bad steward with money. No, he couldn't be trusted with money. Why would God give him money if it would just crush him, you know what I mean? And he said, oh, God's not real because he's not giving me money. Whereas I know people who are very wealthy, people who steward it well and give back, and they love Jesus. The point I'm making is if we really do follow Jesus, he himself says, if God feeds the birds of the air and gives beauty to the lilies of the field and they're not even made in his image, how much more will God take care of you because you're valuable and made in his image? And I think every day, whether you're 80 years old, 20 years old, 29, whatever you may be, I think the hardest lesson is to trust God. I think, you know, this Jesus thing, it's beautiful because it's more than just a feeling. You know, it's like that. It's like that Jesus is closer than our skin. Like that's. That's crazy to me. Like, he can be in us, he can lead us, and he loves us. And he doesn't just want to, like, shower us in the feeling of love. He wants to transform us with his love. You know, it's like I don't clean myself up before I go to the shower. I get clean in the shower. I gotta bring my junk and be honest with him. And because of that, his radical love for me. Think about that. God knowing every nasty thing Danny has done everything. And he lavishes his love on you and says, let my love be poured out for you. Because that's what the cross was. That's what his death and resurrection was, was mad love. Because he knew that was the only way we could be with Jesus in heaven was if he died. That's the most radical love explanation of love. You know, people think love is sex. The feeling you get when you smoke, do drugs, you get the booze.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

Unconditional love. That love where no matter what you do, we're his creation and he created us. He created us, you know, in the form of. Of. Of. Of him where he sent his only son. You know, he gave his flesh, his blood, his. You know, that's the only way we would make it into. Into internal life.

[Bryce Crawford]

How are you mentally feeling about going back into jail?

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

I'm ready. Like, that's one thing. I'm ready.

[Bryce Crawford]

Like, you just want to get it over with.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

No, it's not even get it over with with. Like, like, that's what it is. Like, let's go. Like a person who knows he has the Lord and Savior, listen and put it like this. God has everything written. You know that, right? Like, everything that's going to happen to you. You can't break what God has written for you right now. You can't go get a piece of bread and try to choke on it and be like, ah, I broke God's. God knows everything that's going to happen. God knows that moment where you're about to break. You know that?

[Bryce Crawford]

Yeah.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

Like, literally, God, you can't right now, if I get up, throw this mic and jump off this and say, ah, I never fulfill God's thing. God knows everything you're going to do. So I'm ready, bro. Like, I'm. I'm going in there knowing that Jesus Christ is like, walking beside me, like, let's knock this out. You know, I love that.

[Bryce Crawford]

Like, imagine us like tonight, leave it here, a week from now, you're in jail and you're running in that jail, not thinking, oh, I'm about to do time. But, man, Jesus is working on my heart. I really want to fully give this a shot. This is a mission field, not time. You know, do you know Little Tony? Do you know who, who that is? He's a, He's a. He does a drill rat in Atlanta. But Jesus radically saved him and he. He was in, in, in jail. He radically came to the Lord and when he came out, he was just making this big dent for Jesus because he was like, man, I was in this one thing and now and the other thing. And, you know, the best gauge of someone following Jesus is does my life look different before I claim to have been following Jesus until after I claim to follow Jesus because Jesus says in the scriptures that it costs something to follow him. Our comfort, our preferences. You know, what we like, it sometimes costs that, costs things that we love sometimes. Because maybe it's holding us back, whatever it may be. And he's making this big dent. And in jail he's like, praying for the inmates and ministering to them and loving on them.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

Because.

[Bryce Crawford]

Because again, God sees their heart and Jesus has done a radical change in his heart and is doing a radical change. And I think many, many people are coming to faith right now. I think it's Big. I think it's powerful. I think it's necessary. And I think God really does want to use Danny in that. I think he does. And. But ultimately, aside from being used, your purpose is simply to love God. That's it. I was designed to love God. You were designed to love God. That's the first commandment. Love God. And that's what he says. Seek first the kingdom of heaven and all these other things will follow. My first priority is I'm going to love God. I'm going to love God. Everything I do, the way I talk, the way I walk, the way I act, I want the way I walk, walk to make someone go, man, what does he have that I don't have? And it's not. It's not some certain tattoos, you know, It's. It's not.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

It's not nothing materialistic.

[Bryce Crawford]

It's Jesus. Jesus. And that's what we want, you know, and that's. And that's what I want for you, you know, I want that for you. I want you to feel empowered and, And. And. And also not alone. You know how hard it is to do this stuff alone.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

Yeah. You know it's hard.

[Bryce Crawford]

It's so hard, bro. You don't have to be alone.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

Yeah.

[Bryce Crawford]

You know, I genuinely love you. And I. I used to be the most selfish, prideful you. I only cared about myself before I was a Christian. If I told you some of the things I did before I was a Christian, I don't know if we'd be sitting together, you know? But God does miraculous things a lot. I really think he's working on you and tugging on you.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

Yeah. Well, I feel it. I know it.

[Bryce Crawford]

Yeah. What do you think? What do you think is kind of like a next step for you in this?

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

I wanna. I wanna. There's a lot of things I want to do. No, A lot. I'm just not gonna. I don't know. It's not that I want to speak on it. I just want to. I just want to follow. Follow the. Wherever it takes me. My whole life has never had a plan. We call the crash and Burn. Me and my friends called the crash and Burn. We literally called it crash and burn. Just go to where the wind takes us.

[Podcast Advertiser/Host]

Yeah.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

And that's my plan.

[Bryce Crawford]

Yeah. I had a. I had a. One random. Random question before. I have one final thought. And I want to pray for you.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

Yeah.

[Bryce Crawford]

Before we end. Random question. You mentioned earlier that you were in jail with Diddy.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

Yeah.

[Bryce Crawford]

What was that?

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

Like, funny story. And I'm just Going to talk about Diddy. Diddy seen me get on my knees three times a day to pray to the Lord Jesus Christ, right? I prayed in the morning when I woke up, before I brushed my teeth. I prayed in the middle of the day around 6pm and I'll pray right before I go to bed. I did that probably about, for seven to seven days tonight, I believe about a week, week and a half. And did. He said, hey, I seen you. I seen you. I, I see you read a lot of Bible. Because what I'll do, I'll pray in the morning, but on my second prayer at 6pm I'll read. I'll read Psalms 91, Psalms 121 and Daniel 7. I believe when they put them in the, in the, in the, in the, in the dental alliance. I'll read that every day at 6pm and he says, I see you reading a lot of the Bible. I see you very, you know, you, you, you, you get on your knees every day and pray to, to, to the Lord. Can I pray with you? And I said, yeah. We both, you know, got on our knees and prayed to the Lord and we said, lord, we love you. We don't get on our knees to, to, to, to ask you for anything. We actually, we thank you for putting us here. We didn't ask the Lord for not one thing. We didn't say, hey, take care of our family. Hey, do this, do that. We just said thanks. And I said, hey, you don't think God gets tired of us asking, asking, asking, how about just give thanks? We're in jail right now, but we're both breathing. We both have two, two arms that work, two legs that work, a neck that can move, right? Lips that can open, nose that can inhale, eyes that can see, right? Our, our digestive system works. Everything is functional. Why not give thanks? There's people who can't walk, can't see, can't smell, can't talk. So we gave thanks and gifted me a Bible. Wow. Yeah.

[Bryce Crawford]

It's encouraging.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

Yep.

[Bryce Crawford]

Man. One final thought I, I wanted to share with you before I pray for you.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

Man.

[Bryce Crawford]

Danny, I, I don't love you and think you're valuable because you've had some hit records and because you have some followers and people like you and because you have some cool jewelry and you got good style. I care about you because I think you're made in God's image and I think you're valuable because you're a son. And I want to encourage you with that. I want you to know, anything you need here for you, grateful for you. Anything you need in prison. Prayer, anything. Letters after it. Anything you need before. I care about you. I think you're incredible, and I think I. I think you're honest and I appreciate people that are honest and. And I really respect that. And I would love to pray for you before we close out.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

Yeah, let's do it.

[Bryce Crawford]

Is that cool?

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

Yeah, let's do it.

[Bryce Crawford]

Awesome. Yeah. Jesus, thank you so much for Danny. God, thank you for today. Thank you for our conversation. God, we just love you. We care about you. Jesus, thank you for honesty. God, would you just keep moving in Danny's heart? Would you keep tugging on him? Make it so undeniable where he just can't. He can't push it away. You know, I do it sometimes too, when you nudge God, can you just like, make it where he can't push it away when he goes into prison? He's a light. But that light starts tonight. Life starts, you know, today. And that light moves everywhere we go. The way we talk, the way we walk, the way we act, the way we treat people. Would you highlight people to Danny in prison to pray for and encourage and love on? In your name, Jesus.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

Amen.

[Bryce Crawford]

Protect him. Amen.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

Amen. Thank you, brother.

[Bryce Crawford]

Absolutely.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

Thank you.

[Bryce Crawford]

Appreciate you.

[Tekashi 69 (Daniel Hernandez)]

Thank you so much.

[Bryce Crawford]

Absolutely. Love you. Love you a lot.

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