he is a bonafide rap sensation with
millions of views for his music videos
but investigators say this group known
as the sauce Factory is a documented
gang the group's name even mentioned as
part of a recent federal court case
involving sex trafficking channel 2
investigates began digging into the
sauce factory back in July
tonight investigator Robert Arnold talks
with the sauce factories leader who is
responding to the allegations a
signature sound from his houston rapper
yam sauce walka aka some guy a DVD a
Brad drip you know the flavor this one
his real name is Albert Walker mundane
but to the half-a-million people who
follow him just on Instagram alone his
sauce walka of the sauce factory or tsf
I'm a CEO who drop albums I got several
artists no denying the popularity his
videos go viral like 50 million views
you need to say I got I got over 50
million views on internet but when we
caught up with sauce walka at a home in
a gated community on the west side of
town we wanted to ask why police view
tsf is more than a record label wired
police label the sauce factory again
sauce walka admits he's had past trouble
in 2009 police say he went by a walk it
was a member of a criminal street gang
called mash mode he pleaded guilty to
deadly conduct charges after being
accused of shooting and wounding a
person during a concert at TSU he served
his probation and says he put that life
behind him that was just me being a
younger younger myself and I'm maturing
and growing it man he says current
accusations against tsf or other lies or
people confusing gritty lyrics and
videos with real life everything David
his lies and made up stories and
folktales and things like they're made
up about them and to be perfectly clear
sauce walka is not accused of doing
anything wrong but documents filed in
both state and federal court do refer to
tsf as a documented gang and known for
criminal activity tsf recently came up
again
during a hearing in federal court as
part of an investigation into sex
trafficking of minors this deputy
testified the investigation started with
a Thanksgiving call for help from an
underage girl at this motel off the
North Freeway several people were
arrested including Jamie and Rashad Sims
court records reads Sims goes by the
name sauce lean or J lean in is one of
the principal leaders of the sauce
factory videos online and Instagram post
shows Sims rapping with sauce walka is
he your partner is he what sauce walka
says Sims was just one of several
rappers hoping to further careers under
tsf sunbrella he says anything beyond
music does not involve him did he talk
to him since he got arrested
still the federal investigation
involving Sims and others landed on tsfc
doorstep
literally court records show tsf refers
to this house as the mansion he was
raided after video surveillance showed
Sims entering the mansion with minor
victim to an underage prostitute after
the raid the only people still accused
of wrongdoing were Sims and the others
charged in the federal case so sauce
walka says he's just going to keep
focusing on expanding his business and
not worry about whether tsf is accused
of being a gang I'm gonna keep working
I'm gonna keep rapping because I know
I'm not a game I know that we're not
again I know I'm a record label I know
that I'm my artist after that federal
court hearing those charged in this case
were denied bond their attorneys had no
comment we've also posted several court
documents out of the investigate section
of click2houston.com that go into more
detail about this investigation Robert
Arnold KPRC Channel 2 News