Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine

Either you hate him or love him, one cannot deny his success. He became one of today's most controversial and successful hip hop artists. And he achieved this from the bottom. I believe this documentary is extremely well-executed and even though his story is wild as, this guy did everything to stand out and get out from the hood. When he rose to fame I couldn't stand him for being who he is but then his music slowly grew on me. You cannot argue with the fact that he ratted out his whole crew but he's still here and none of us really knew what happened. Give this series a shot, I'm sure it's going to be something new.

Interesting to hear this perspective but Adam 22 was a poor choice. Watching him act like he has some morale high ground, when he has his own issues was infuriating.

He Didn't want anything to do with 6ix9ine until 69 had a little traction and then all of a sudden he thought he would throw him a crumb and give him an interview. And now that the proverbial ish has hit the fan, adam "looks down" on 69 (his actual words in the film) but not too much to take money to be in this documentary. Trash individual. Hard to take a 40 year old podcaster seriously on this topic.

Overall, the documentary was interesting but seem to serve more as a platform for Adam 22 to express his disdain for 69, and then to dig deeper into the details that made 69 who he is.

Can you honestly blame him? Getting money at a young age, doing whatever the hell he wants to do, and literally speaking his mind with no filter whatsoever.. I can't say I wouldn't have done the same thing and really letting it all go to my head. I'd like to think I would have "stopped" at a certain point.. but you never know until you get a taste of power and success At the same time, I know I wouldn't be cursing dead homies and such. Dude seems like he's really putting his neck out there and at the rate he's going, someone's gonna do something about it. Not trying to jinx it but he's giving out that energy.. we'll see how this review ages in the very near future..

For some reason, 69's persona gives off the Tony Montana quote from Scarface vibe: "What you lookin' at? You all a bunch ****** *ssholes. You know why? You don't have the guts to be what you wanna be. You need people like me. You need people like me so you can point your fingers and say, "That's the bad guy." So.. what that make you? Good? You're not good. You just know how to hide, how to lie. Me, I don't have that problem. Me, I always tell the truth. Even when I lie. So say good night to the bad guy! Come on. The last time you gonna see a bad guy like this again, let me tell you. Make way for the bad guy. There's a bad guy comin' through! Better get outta his way!"

The staging to make Adam 22 and the two TreyWay gang members look like saints hurt the credibility of the series. These people have done awful things yet they are presented to us in an unfairly favorable light.

They used Adam 22 to be a "voice of reason" for the show, where he discusses how gross Daniel's (6ix9ine) sexual assault was. However, Adam 22 has credible rape allegations of his own.

All of that being said, I do appreciate the documentary for exposing Daniel.

The most compelling part of the series to me was Sara (Daniel's ex). I truly admire her strength in sharing her story. I believe that her accounts are the most explanatory of Daniel's behavior and play an absolute crucial role in the series. It is one thing to hurt gang members you've only known a year or two, but it is a totally different story when you abuse the person you've been the closest to since MIDDLE SCHOOL. It shows the true depth of Daniel's selfishness. He does not care for anyone but himself, and the "misunderstood, secretly nice guy" was a total act.

"Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine" (2021 release; 3 episodes of about 50 min. each) is a documentary of the phenom that is (was?) Tekashi 6ix9ine. As Episode 1 opens, we are "somewhere in the suburbs... in a heavily guarded house", and we get an audiotape made during his house arrest. We then go to "Bushwick, New York", and we hear from Sara, longtime girlfriend, how she met Danny Hernandez, who at age 15-16 became driven, by anger and by attention-craving, to turn himself into another persona. That persona would become Tekashi 6ix9ine, a self-proclaimed "supervillain" looking for as many followers and likes on Instagram as possible, while he throws himself in the gangsta hip-hop genre...

Couple of comments: this is the latest documentary from director Karam Gill, who has looked at the hip-hop music scene in earlier works. Let me be clear: I personally don't feel much of anything that this guy Tekashi 6ix9ine does or doesn't do. I couldn't care less frankly. His determination to become a manufactured supervillain, as long as it leads to fame, seems senseless, if not outright stupid to me. But "Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine" is worth a try for its social commentary, or certainly its social context. What does it tell you about this country when kids who are asked what they want to become when grown up, their first response is "famous influencer" (as oppose to "doctor" or "lawyer" back in the day), and surely Tekashi 6ix9ine embodies that to the extreme. But more than anything, I can't get over the fact that someone wants to create this artificial lifestyle for the sake of pursuing fame and fortune, and then in essence live two bifurcated lives: when the cell phone camera is on (Tekashi), and when the cell phone camera is off (Danny). The opening scene of Episode 1 seems to indicate that Tekashi is heading for serious troubles in Episodes 2 and 3, which I plan on seeing soon. After watching Episode 1, though, I had to take a break. Binge-watching the 3 episodes in a single setting would be like an overdose or at least food poisoning, not to mention that Tekashi's music (forget the videos) is basically unlistenable.

" Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine" recently premiered on Showtime, and all 3 episodes are now available on SHO On Demand and other streaming platforms. If, like me, you are vaguely curious what drives someone to ultimately become this social freak called Tekashi 6ix9ine, I'd suggest you check this out, and draw your own conclusion.