Years of federal surveillance and a few slip-ups related to ‘s career led to the government’s takedown of the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods. One of the members caught up in the mix is

for drug-dealing and racketeering. Mack, one of the twelve defendants in the case, received his sentencing after a two-week trial conducted back in September. His unfortunate fate was partially a result of Tekashi’s inclination for tattletaling. The rainbow-haired rapper testified that Mack was high up in Nine Trey’s ranks. It was also revealed during Mack’s trial that he had flipped for helping the gang transport heroin and other drugs around Brooklyn. 

According to AllHipHop, Mack’s lawyer, Louis V. Fasulo, confirmed that his client was planning to fight the sentence. Mack will be joining a list of defendants in the Nine Trey case who are appealing their sentences, including Aaron “Bat” Young (20 years), Kifano “Shotti” Jordan (15 years) and Roland “Ro Murda” Martin (5 years). 

If you’re a bit confused about the Nine Trey case and Tekashi’s involvement in it, it’s all being unpacked on .