Kooda B Sues 6ix9ine for $150K+, Says the Snitch Claims Brought Death Threats
6ix9ine is facing a federal defamation lawsuit from his former friend Kooda B, who says the rapper’s repeated claims that he cooperated with the feds destroyed his career and brought death threats down on him and his family.
The 48-page complaint, filed October 16 in New York’s Eastern District and obtained by AllHipHop, seeks more than $150,000 in damages. In it, Kooda B — Brooklyn rapper Kintea McKenzie, from Brownsville — accuses 6ix9ine of falsely portraying him as a federal informant and linking him to crimes against the rapper and his family.
The filing is direct about the core dispute: “At no time did Plaintiff identify the shooter. At no time did Plaintiff engage in a proffer or information-for-plea exchange.” Kooda B pleaded guilty on June 3, 2019, to assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering — his admitted role was organizing the 2018 shooting aimed at Chief Keef, not pulling the trigger — and Judge Paul Engelmayer sentenced him to 54 months in December 2020. The lawsuit argues that pleading guilty to your own conduct is not cooperation, and it points to 6ix9ine’s own December 2019 sentencing, where the judge identified Kooda B among the defendants who pleaded guilty WITHOUT cooperating. 6ix9ine, of course, was the one who did cooperate in the Nine Trey case.
According to the complaint, 6ix9ine kept the snitch label on him anyway — across Clubhouse rooms, interviews and livestreams. The filing quotes 6ix9ine saying on Clubhouse: “Kooda B told the feds who really shot the gun.” Kooda B says the harassment that followed damaged his music career, cost him professional relationships and left him fearing for his family’s safety.
The suit brings a defamation-per-se claim seeking actual and punitive damages, plus an injunction against further statements, and Kooda B has requested a jury trial. These are the complaint’s allegations — 6ix9ine has not publicly responded to the lawsuit as of this writing.
There’s an irony nobody in the culture is going to miss: the most famous cooperator of his era is now being sued for allegedly putting that same label on somebody else. Does Kooda B have a real case — or does the paperwork from his own plea speak for itself? Drop your take in the comments.
