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.

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 construct of Superhero/Supervillain is equally as corrosive as the online infamy phenomenon it seeks to explain.

Other than that it is a fair documenting of a wannabe's adventures.

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.

Recently I was watching Andy Samberg's 2016 movie, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping and it almost seemed predictive to this "supervillain." I kept thinking this guy needs to be on medication as he must surely be manic.

And in the last hour, showing his music sales decreasing, I found myself wondering how he will fare, even in the near future. Another hour should be made to continue the story, probably in about 5 or 10 years. I suspect he may end up in jail if he is not medicated. He may not even live that long.