The rise and times of rap troll Tekashi 6ix9ine has been 2018's clickiest Hip Hop story.
The man behind the man is 6ix9ine's manager Shotti of Tr3yway. He sat down with Rap Radar for his first interview.
In it, he speaks about how he got together with his rainbow headed boy, who he calls a marketing genius.
He also addressed 6ix9ine's constant trolling:
“We live in the greatest country ever. My opinion. And one of the rights that we're afforded is freedom of speech, right?” Shotti explained. “I think he’s exercising those rights very well ... He’s not the only person, and he’s not the first person to start trolling. He’s just become very good at it. I don't understand. I'm just not from the era. But he does."
Then Shotti starts discussing politics and says the trolling you see from 6ix9ine is not dissimilar from the trolling you see from the president and his peeps.
“Nobody is held accountable for what they say any longer—from our president, Commander in Chief, to smallest person the streets,” he explained, going on to say, “That’s why people are able to say things so freely now. ... There’s no classiness anymore ... The character of people is at an all-time low. There’s no integrity."
Jump to about the ten-minute mark to hear Shotti discuss trolling.