Rappers lose road cred for faking tales of their music. However what occurs when rapping what you reside not solely labels you a “violent fugitive” but additionally lands you behind bars? Within the case of Tay-K47, he’ll by no means get the possibility to reap the true advantages of his musical success after a sequence of unhealthy selections landed him in jail for many years.
The tragic rise and fall of Tay-K47— actual identify Taymor Travon McIntyre— started in 2017 with the discharge of his largest music titled “The Race.” Tay-Okay, who was simply 16 years previous on the time, amassed a worldwide fanbase after the catchy tune went viral on-line.
“F**ok a beat, I used to be tryna beat a case/ However I ain’t beat that case, b***h, I did the race,” he rapped on the music, however whereas thousands and thousands of parents have been singing “The Race” at events and at faculties, Tay-Okay was truly in deep trouble with the legislation. He had been arrested in Texas following the 2016 dwelling invasion and homicide of 21-year-old Ethan Walker, in response to NBC Information.
Walker didn’t have any of the medicine or cash the robbers, together with McIntyre, have been after, in response to KTVT. Walker’s girlfriend later testified that he was shot whereas holding his fingers within the air.
After being arrested and placed on home arrest, then 16-year-old McIntyre reduce off his ankle monitor and fled his Arlington, Texas dwelling. It was this incident that impressed his hit music which hadn’t but been launched. However that wasn’t all, as a result of months later, McIntyre would discover himself wrapped up in one other homicide case.
Tay-Okay was accused of taking pictures and killing 23-year-old Mark Anthony Saldivar in April 2017 whereas hiding from the legislation. In response to court docket paperwork, an altercation between Tay-Okay and the sufferer broke out in a automotive with three different individuals. That’s when Saldivar was robbed for his digicam gear, kicked out the automotive and hopped onto the hood of the car in an try to get his gear again, in response to the Fort Value Star-Telegram.
That’s when prosecutors say McIntyre and his crew pulled into a close-by parking quite a bit earlier than pulling out a gun and taking pictures Saldivar useless. The rapper fled the scene with the three different assailants. McIntyre was lastly apprehended a number of months in a while June 30, 2017 in New Jersey, the identical day “The Race” was launched.
The music was a smash hit, and after a corresponding music video, the place McIntyre was even captured posing subsequent to his personal needed poster, Tay-Okay turned considerably of a family identify. As of 2025, the video has over 251 million views on YouTube. The document is licensed platinum.
It wasn’t till 2019 that McIntyre would lastly face justice for the 2016 homicide of Walker. A jury discovered the then-19-year-old responsible of homicide and three counts of aggravated theft, in response to KRTV. He was sentenced to 55 years in jail.
This month, particulars of Saldivar’s 2017 homicide have been offered to a second jury. And after emotional testimony from eye witnesses and Saldivar’s mom, a second jury discovered Tay-Okay not responsible of capital homicide however responsible of homicide, in response to the New York Submit.
If he have been convicted on the unique capital homicide cost, McIntyre would have confronted an computerized life sentence in jail, separate from his 55-year bid, in response to KSAT. However now, he’s dealing with an extra sentence between 5 and 99 years in jail.