Being a famous rapper ain’t always a party.
When you claim to be about that life in your music, sometimes you got to prove it.
Today we’re looking at six rappers who not only got locked up,
but also caught fades behind bars.
Let’s get right to it.
Kay Flock
Kay Flock was one of the artists leading the Bronx drill wave
before he got locked up at the end of last year.
The 18-year-old rapper was arrested in December
after he allegedly killed a 24-year-old named Oscar Hernandez.
He’s currently being held at Rikers Island on a murder charge,
and it looks like he might have ran into even more trouble inside.
A couple of months after he got locked up,
rumors started going around that Kay Flock got jumped by some dudes
and got beat so bad that he got sent to the ICU.
Prison records show that he was in Rikers Island West Facility,
which is allegedly a hospital unit.
Kay Flock denies that he was attacked
and says that bloggers are being paid off to make him look bad.
As of right now there ain’t much evidence to prove what happened.
So nobody knows who’s telling the truth.
Kay Flock’s whole case has been full of conflicting information.
When the story first broke, the police accused the rapper of walking into a barbershop
and asking the victim “what you looking at?”
Hernandez then followed Flock outside where he ended up getting shot.
But surveillance footage from the scene tells a different story.
In the video, Flock is walking down the street with two girls and they pass the barbershop.
Then a few seconds later, a man assumed to be Hernandez
leaves the shop and heads in the same direction as Flock.
Right after that, more people step out of the barbershop
and look like they’re reacting to gunshots going off down the street.
This video proves the police was wrong.
Plus, the DA was tipped off that someone else was the shooter.
But even if Flock killed the dude, the cops obviously don’t know the full story.
They say that the murder was gang-related, but its still not clear exactly what happened.
Kay Flock’s career was just starting to take off.
After he got out of juvie in March 2020,
his homie B-Lovee convinced him to hop in the booth.
He dropped his first track in May 2020.
Lil Tjay heard the song and shared it, which helped kickstart Flock’s buzz in the city.
A few months later he dropped Opp Spotter with B-Lovee, which gained over three million views.
By July 2021
he had already signed to Capitol Records
and was known as one of the hottest up-and-coming drill rappers out of the Bronx.
He released his debut project in November 2021, but then one month later was arrested for murder.
Hopefully the rumors about him getting jumped and sent to the ICU are wrong,
but until there’s more proof no one can say what went down for sure.
Flock has a bright future ahead of him if he can beat this case and stay out of trouble,
but there’s a chance his career will end before it could really take off.
KSOO
Ksoo is a rapper from Jacksonville, Florida,
who's affiliated with Yungeen Ace.
Ksoo is currently facing two murder charges in Florida.
He allegedly killed a rival rapper named Lil Buck in 2020.
Plus, he’s also accused of murdering 16-year-old Lil Bibby in 2019.
His time behind bars ain’t been easy.
Last year a video surfaced that showed Ksoo being slammed to the ground by COs.
He posted the video on Instagram with the caption: “MODERN SLAVERY !!!
Even Tho my Innocence is Being Proven,
I’m still being Targeted & abused everyday while I’m in here !
These officers still have not been suspended or no consequences !
I’m fighting for my Life Mentally and physically !!!
No matter what they do to me they can’t keep an innocent man down
#FreeMe ‼️”
Ksoo’s grandmother even filed a complaint with the prison.
But officials responded by saying
“no evidence was discovered to substantiate misconduct on the part of the member.”
According to Y&R Slugga Tee, another rapper from Jacksonville,
this ain’t the only altercation Ksoo’s been involved in on the inside.
Slugga Tee is affiliated with Foolio,
who has a history of beef with Yungeen Ace and the rest of ATK, including Ksoo.
Slugga Tee was arrested alongside his homie Y&R Mookey
and is still in jail waiting for a trial date.
In a video posted on social media, Slugga Tee claims he beat Ksoo’s ass
and now hes afraid of him.
Man **** that ***** man, that *****
I done beat his ass already man
That ***** got scared man
But besides what Slugga says, there’s no evidence that it actually went down.
He earned a reputation for fighting and being a shooter in Jacksonville though,
so it could be true.
But Slugga’s time in jail ain’t been great either.
Last year a rumor surfaced that he got stabbed and was in critical condition.
It started after his mother allegedly posted about it on social media but then deleted it.
The rumor ain’t been confirmed or denied, but Y&R have a lot of enemies in Jacksonville
so it’s definitely a possibility.
Casanova
Casanova is a rapper from Brooklyn, best known for the song Set Trippin.
Most people also know about Casanova from his affiliation with A$AP Rocky
and beef with Tekashi 6ix9ine.
He’s currently facing trial for attempted murder and racketeering,
after getting wrapped up in a major RICO indictment.
But he already had a reputation
for being a violent inmate after spending 7.5 years on Rikers Island before becoming a rapper.
In a 2017 interview with Vlad TV,
Casanova described how he got sent to solitary confinement for almost three years
after he was caught boofing drugs and razor blades.
On Rikers Island, people in solitary get bunkmates,
but Casanova said that eventually they stopped putting people in his room
because he would just beat them up.
Everyone knows that Rikers ain’t the kind of place you want to be in,
but Casanova makes it sound like something out of a movie.
According to him, he stabbed up to 12 different dudes in there
but things were so crazy that he can’t even give an accurate number.
Vlad asked him if it was like gladiator school.
Casanova told him that the violence on Rikers Island was all he knew
so it seemed normal to him.
So you're basically in gladiator school?
Everyone call it gladiator school, I guess,
where it get wild at,
they call it gladiator school.
He’s been in custody since 2020 after he was charged with multiple crimes
of the Untouchable Gorilla Stone Nation gang.
According to police, the gang is responsible for racketeering, murder, trafficking, and more.
18 Gorilla Stone members were taken down in a massive operation
that involved the NYPD and FBI.
Casanova revealed that he had been kept in solitary confinement for over a month.
He ain’t say why they put him in the box,
but it’s not surprising when you look at his history of fighting and stabbing dudes behind bars.
The Untouchable Gorilla Stone Nation case is bad enough,
but the attempted murder charge is worse.
According to the indictment, he allegedly shot a rival gang member at a Miami strip club.
Casanova was at the club with a dude named Jarrett Crisler Jr.,
when Cas threw up a sign.
Someone told him “Yo, homie, wrong sign.”
So, Cas asked him “You want to die tonight?”
That’s when Casanova and Crisler both allegedly shot the dude and someone else.
Police say that they found text messages in Crisler’s phone bragging about the shooting,
and now Cas is facing life in prison if he’s found guilty.
He’s facing some serious charges,
but hopefully Cas can beat his cases and get back to making music.
One thing’s for sure though,
he ain’t the kind of dude you want to mess with if you run into him in prison.
Kodak Black
Kodak Black has had a rough few years,
including getting into it with a guard the last time he was locked up.
In 2019, Kodak was sentenced to almost four years in prison
for lying about his criminal record when he was trying to buy guns.
But just because he was a celebrity,
ain’t mean he had it easy.
According to a post on his Instagram account,
Kodak was “laced with an unknown substance,”
and ended up getting into a fight with another inmate.
Sources told TMZ that it took several guards to hold Kodak Black,
and he allegedly squeezed a C.O’s testicles so hard
that he had to go to the hospital for treatment.
People close to Kodak believe
that his coffee was spiked with some kind of drug,
which is what made him tweak out
and gave him the strength to fight off multiple guards.
Then in 2020, Kodak was allegedly attacked by seven guards
while he was cuffed.
Supposedly some dudes who were inside with him reached out to his reps
to let them know what was going on.
According to sources inside the prison:
“They struck him in the head repeatedly with a metal object.
Then one of the guards flicked his genitals and said
"you’re not so gangster now,
you’re gonna need bigger balls to survive.”
Luckily Kodak received a presidential pardon in 2021
and got out of prison before something worse happened.
But his time outside ain’t been great either.
In February 2022
he got shot in the leg outside an after party hosted by Justin Bieber.
The details of the case are still unclear,
but at least his wounds wasn’t life-threatening
and it looks like he’ll make a full recovery.
6ix9ine
Tekashi 6ix9ine is the most notorious snitch in the game.
But his fake gangster act almost got him jumped in jail.
In November 2018,
the rapper was hit with RICO charges
for being affiliated with the nine trey bloods
and spent over a year in jail fighting the case.
It only took a few days before he had to be transferred for his own protection.
He was booked at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn
and got pressed by some cripps immediately.
TMZ reported
that the cripps were waiting for him in the intake area when he arrived.
Sources inside the detention center said that one of the c ripps told 6ix9ine
that he “better understand who’s in charge.”
He almost got jumped on the spot,
but there were a bunch of guards in the area to protect him.
Afterwards,
he allegedly asked to be moved somewhere far away from any cripps or bloods.
His lawyer said that Tekashi “was being threatened in jail.
However, he was not scared nor did he request being removed.
The [Bureau of Prisons], acting upon these threats,
removed him to a different facility to eliminate the threat.”
They moved him to a facility that is used for inmates
who agree to cooperate with authorities,
which 6ix9ine eventually did.
So it’s likely that he did ask to be moved away from any cripps or bloods
to protect himself.
He knew that once he snitched he’d be even more of a target,
so he did whatever he could to save himself.
He was originally facing a mandatory 47 years in prison,
but later got it reduced to just two years
with 13 months time served.
Then he got released early in March 2020
because he was considered at-risk for Covid-19
since he has asthma.
It was good for him because chances are
he wouldn’t have survived serving a full sentence.
Not many people have made as many enemies as 6ix9ine,
and it was only a matter of time before someone caught him lacking.
Straight Drop
Young Dolph was shot and killed last year
while visiting his favorite bakery in his hometown of Memphis.
One of the dudes accused of the murder is a rapper named Straight Drop.
Before the murder of Young Dolph,
Straight Drop had a long criminal history.
He was convicted of shooting three people at a bowling alley in 2017,
and now he’s facing a murder charge
for killing one of Memphis’ hottest rappers.
Rumors recently surfaced that he got attacked in jail
after Dolph fans spotted lumps on his face at a hearing.
A source close to the case claims that the lump wasn’t from a beating,
just swelling caused from stress and crying.
According to the source, Straight Drop is having a hard time in jail
and ain't taking the situation well at all.
Apparently Straight Drop is being kept in a separate area of the jail
that’s reserved for high-profile inmates.
If that’s the case, then it’s unlikely he caught a beating.
But that info ain’t been confirmed.
Young Dolph had a lot of love in Memphis,
so it wouldn’t be surprising if someone got payback on Straight Drop.
But these are just rumors for now,
and it’s unclear if anything actually happened.
Straight Drop ain’t officially convicted for the murder of Young Dolf.
But if he is found guilty, he may have to go into PC.
If not, he might not last long
in any Tennessee prison.