EXCLUSIVE: 6ix9ine Faces Kooda B Lawsuit Over Snitch Claims & Death Threats

6ix9ine faces a federal defamation lawsuit from Kooda B, who says his former friend’s repeated snitch accusations cost him work and triggered death threats online.

Filed October 16 in New York’s Eastern District, the 48-page complaint seeks more than $150,000 in damages. Kooda B accuses 6ix9ine of falsely portraying him as a federal informant and linking him to crimes against the rapper and his family.

“At no time did Plaintiff identify the shooter,” the complaint states. “At no time did Plaintiff engage in a proffer or information-for-plea exchange.”

That dispute reaches back to a friendship built before the Nine Trey racketeering case. Kooda B, a Brooklyn rapper from Brownsville, became friends with 6ix9ine through music in 2017 and 2018, according to the filing. 6ix9ine named his 2017 single “Kooda” after him, and Kooda B appeared in its video.

Their connection later became part of a federal criminal prosecution. Kooda B pleaded guilty on June 3, 2019, to assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering. Federal prosecutors said he accepted money from 6ix9ine and helped arrange the June 2, 2018, Times Square shooting targeting Chief Keef.

Kooda B’s role was organizing the shooting, not pulling the trigger. Chief Keef was not injured, and the complaint says another person fired the weapon. The conviction was not for attempted murder.

Judge Paul Engelmayer sentenced Kooda B to 54 months in prison on December 1, 2020. His sentence also included three years of supervised release, according to the Justice Department.

The lawsuit argues that admitting his own conduct during a guilty plea did not make Kooda B an informant. It says 6ix9ine had already supplied investigators with the information used to prosecute him.

The complaint points to 6ix9ine’s December 2019 sentencing, where it says the judge identified Kooda B among defendants who pleaded guilty without cooperating. It also cites prosecutors’ sentencing submissions to argue that Kooda B withheld the identities of others involved, rather than trading their names for a lighter sentence.

The complaint traces the disputed statements through Clubhouse, interviews and livestreams. It quotes 6ix9ine saying on Clubhouse, “Kooda B told the feds who really shot the gun.” Kooda B’s lawyers call that statement false.

Kooda B also disputes suggestions that he kidnapped, robbed or stole from 6ix9ine. The filing says those accusations wrongly fold him into conduct involving other people from the federal case.

“Plaintiff never kidnapped, robbed, threatened, extorted, wiretapped, or stole from Defendant Hernandez, his family, or any promoter,” the complaint states.

The suit says the resulting harassment damaged Kooda B’s music career, cost him professional relationships and left him fearing for his family. Those claims underpin a defamation-per-se count seeking actual and punitive damages, along with an injunction against further unlawful conduct.

Kooda B has requested a jury trial.