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<blockquote data-quote="UPROXX" data-source="post: 43890" data-attributes="member: 81"><img src="https://uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/tekashi-69.jpeg?w=1024&amp;h=436&amp;crop=1" alt="tekashi 69" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Getty ImageOn Wednesday, June 22, it was reported that rising New York rapper <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/lil-tjay-emergency-surgery-shot/" target="_blank">Lil Tjay had to get surgery</a> after being shot in an attempted robbery in Edgewater, New Jersey. Tjay was shot along with a second, as-yet-unidentified victim who was hit multiple times. The “<a href="https://uproxx.com/music/6lack-lil-tjay-calling-my-phone/" target="_blank">Calling My Phone</a>” rapper was coming off a string of collaborations including “<a href="https://uproxx.com/music/kaash-paige-lil-tjay-24-hrs/" target="_blank">24 Hrs</a>” with Kaash Paige and “<a href="https://uproxx.com/music/french-montana-bag-season-video-lil-tjay/" target="_blank">Bag Season</a>” with French Montana, and was looking forwward to a “good summer” according to a <a href="https://twitter.com/liltjay/status/1534677365732827139" target="_blank">post on his Twitter</a> previewing new music. So far, <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/lil-tjay-shooting-three-arrests/" target="_blank">three arrests have been made</a>, while Tjay remains hospitalized but in stable condition.Another New York rapper, whose <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/tekashi-69-fake-cash-lawsuits/" target="_blank">career has been on an opposite trajectory</a> of late, chimed in with an unsurprising reaction to the news. Tekashi 69, the troll-ish Brooklyn rapper who went from dominating the city’s brash street scene to being branded a snitch after testifying against some of his gangbanging cronies, responded in the comments of an Instagram post about the shooting with a pair of crying emojis — one laughing, one sobbing. While reprehensible, his response isn’t exactly a shock; 6ix9ine has always been known for mocking other rappers’ misfortunes, including <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/tekashi-mocks-king-von-death/" target="_blank">taunting King Von’s friends</a> after the Chicago rapper’s death and <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/tekashi-69-young-thug-rico-arrest-troll/" target="_blank">trolling Young Thug</a> after his recent racketeering arrest — the same charges Tekashi himself narrowly dodged by testifying.Considering Tekashi very recently begged for consideration regarding his <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/tekashi-69-bankrupt-robbery-case/" target="_blank">impending bankruptcy</a>, you’d think he would for once show a little empathy and humility. But that isn’t what got him the spotlight and it doesn’t seem he’s ever going to shake off that strategy — even if the only thing it’s earning him is <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/tekashi-69-punched-miami/" target="_blank">socks to the noggin</a>.<a href="https://uproxx.com/music/tekashi-69-laughs-at-lil-tjay-shooting/" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

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