Tay-K, the now 19-year-old rapper from Arlington, Texas has one of the wildest stories in recent
hip hop.
After developing a solid local buzz for himself, Tay-K made a series of bad decisions that
ultimately lead to his downfall.
Those bad decisions left Tay-K in a jail cell for 23 hours a day, all while his music was
going viral and making him hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Curious on what got Tay-K in that situation?
Well then we got you covered.
Here is an exclusive inside look at the criminal history of Tay-K.
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Tay-K’s legal troubles allegedly began years ago when he was really young but not much
has been confirmed.. so for the sake of this video, we’re just going to go over his legal
situations that have been confirmed by the authorities and the media.
The first situation happened on July 26, 2016 in Mansfield, Texas.
According to reports, Tay-K along with six other associates, planned to set up and rob
a 21-year-old drug dealer named “Ethan Walker” at his home on the 1500 block of Aspen Court.
Two females named Megan Holt and Ariana Bharrat, allegedly went to Walker’s home to distract
him and then proceeded to let Tay-K and the other assailants into his home.
Inside the home, a fight broke out which led to Ethan Walker getting shot and killed.
Zachary Beloate was also shot but fortunately survived.
Authorities later arrested the group and Tay-K was charged with capital m-rder.
Since Tay-K was only 16 at the time, the judge placed him on house arrest while he waited
for his trial.
Tay-K was on house arrest for about eight months with little to no updates on his trial.
The last update Tay-K had received was a pending certification hearing to determine whether
or not he would be tried as an adult.
All of the stress stemming from his case must have gotten to him because on March 26, 2017,
Tay-K tweeted “f--k dis house arrest sh-t f--k 12 they gon hav 2 catch me on hood”.
Moments after this tweet, Tay-K cut off his ankle monitor and went on the run to New Jersey.
After being on the run from federal authorities for a little over three months, Tay-K was
eventually captured at an affiliate’s home in Elizabeth, New Jersey on June 30, 2017…
but moments before he was captured, Tay-K sent out a tweet saying “Feds cant hold
me back here it go Tay-K- The Race Music Video #FreeTayK #FreeSantana #FreePimpyz”.
Inside the tweet was a link to a music video for his song “The Race”.
The music video contained wild visuals of Tay-K flashing g-ns, smoking weed, and throwing
up gang signs, all while taunting authorities.
One of the scenes even shows him lighting up a blunt in front of his own wanted poster.
The music video immediately goes extremely viral, all while Tay-K is in the custody of
the U.S. Marshals.
Days later, details are finally released to the public about Tay-K’s legal troubles.
According to authorities, while already on the run for capital m-rder charges, police
believe that Tay-K robbed, shot and killed a 23-year-old man named Mark Saldivar at a
Chic-Fil-A in San Antonio.
Witnesses say that multiple men were arguing in an SUV when one of the men (Mark Saldivar)
got out of the vehicle and began to scream for help.
While screaming for help, another passenger that authorities believe to be Tay-K, got
out and shot him.
The group then left the scene while Saldivar was on the ground dying from the gunshot.
Authorities also claim that Tay-K attacked a 65-year-old man at a park in Arlington,
Texas.
Those two incidents led to Tay-K being charged with two additional crimes on top of his capital
m-rder charge, the first charge being for m-rder, the second one being aggravated assault.
Tay-K was then extradited back to Texas.
After being in jail for 2 months, the judge determined that Tay-K will be tried as an
adult for his capital m-rder charges.
Tay-K’s lawyer Trent Loftin later released a statement saying:
"The judge ruled that his case should [b]e moved to the adult court based on his age
(and the fact that the juvenile court will lack jurisdiction soon)," "The judge was very
clear to tell Mr. McIntyre on the record that this decision has no bearing whatsoever of
his guilt/innocence in this case...
Mr. McIntyre remains upbeat after this hearing."
Months passed and there was little to no updates on Tay-K’s situation… that was until February
23, 2018 when it was made public that one of his female accomplices in the Ethan Walker
m-rder case got sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Prosecutors claimed that the unnamed girl, who was 17 at the time of the m-rder, masterminded
the entire thing.
A few weeks after that announcement, another update was made in Tay-K’s case..
And it wasn’t a good one.
On March 8, 2018, the judge announced that he is denying bond for Tay-K and released
a statement as well.
His statement reads: "I don't know how many people are supposed to die and I don't know
why we... as a country seem to glorify bad acts by putting out records and videos and
people are following in this,``''It's my understanding that people throughout this country have 'Free
Tay-K' signs up or 'goto' funds to fund his defense and this court has a problem with
that,”.
"I don't know what this country has become when people can go out and allegedly commit
heinous crimes and be glorified for it.".
I think it's clear that Judge Wayne Salvant is not a big fan of Tay-K.
Tay-K then continued to sit in jail.
While in jail rumors circulated that Tay-K will be facing the death penalty but his manager
“Ezra Averill” put those rumors to rest on May 23, 2018 in an instagram post where
he said "OH YEA AND AINT NO DEATH PENALTY OVER HERE #FREETAYK."
Less than a month later, Tay-K was sued by the family of Mark Saldivar.
The family's attorney stated that they are seeking over $1 million in damages from Tay-K.
It was also made public a little over a month after that announcement that the family of
Ethan Walker also filed a lawsuit against Tay-K seeking more than $1 million in damages
as well.
The families were specifically suing Tay-K for signing a record deal that they claim
he only got due to his alleged crime spree.
A financial report submitted to the judge revealed that while locked up, Tay-K signed
a record deal with 88 Classic that earned him $600,000 to $700,000.
Tay-K also made over $236,000 from “The Race” which went platinum a month after
he signed his record deal.
The lawsuit stated that “McIntyre was encouraged and/or manipulated by his manager and 88 Classic
Records to commit crimes in order to promote sales of his music,".
No other updates have been released.
A few days after the news about the lawsuit, Tay-K was charged with possession of a prohibited
substance while awaiting his trial in Tarrant County Jail.
Reports say that one of the guards found a cell phone tucked in Tay-K’s socks during
a search.
This caused Tay-K to be transferred to a maximum security jail where he is placed in solitary
confinement for 23 hours a day.
The media also claims that an altercation with another inmate also played a role in
Tay-K’s relocation.
Around the same time of all of this, it is revealed that the other female, Ariana Bharrat,
entered a plea deal that states that if she pleads guilty to aggravated robbery and agrees
to testify against her three co-defendants that she will get a 25-year prison sentence.
This is bad for Tay-K because it means that during his trial, she will take the stand
and basically snitch on Tay-K.
For the last year, all the updates on Tay-K have just been some minor stuff like for example,
Tay-K posted a picture of himself in his cell on instagram pretty much hinting that he got
his hands on another cell phone at the new maximum security jail and he also must have
made some new friends as well because he allegedly started a gang in jail called the “Rugrats”.
But besides that not much as been said about his trial or sentencing.
Rumors stated that Tay-K’s trial would begin on June 17, 2019 but that apparently got pushed
back to September of 2019 now.
It also was made public that the 65-year-old man who was allegedly attacked by Tay-K while
he was on the run is now suing him as well with the same reasoning as the other 2 lawsuits
against Tay-K. I also feel like I should note that everyone involved has been sentenced
but Tay-K. As I mentioned earlier, the two females took plea deals that gave them 20
and 25 years in prison.
The 3 other assosiates got sentenced as well with Pimpyz getting 30 years, Sean Robinson
getting 40 years, and Latharian Merritt getting life in prison without parole.
Overall It’s not looking good for Tay-K…
Well there you have it, the entire criminal history of Tay-K.
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