Tay-K

American rapper and convicted murderer

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April 14 2025 Convicted of the murder of Mark Anthony Saldivar and sentenced to 80 years in prison.
April 14 2025 Convicted of the second murder charge and sentenced to 80 years in prison.
April 14 2025 McIntyre was found guilty of the lesser offense of murder, instead of capital murder.
April 11 2025 Closing statements were delivered in the trial, and the case entered the jury deliberation stage.
March 31 2025 Tay-K's trial for the Mark Saldivar murder began in Bexar County.
February 2024 Tay-K rejected a plea deal and decided to take the Mark Saldivar murder case to trial.
November 2019 Indicted on a second murder charge for allegedly shooting 23-year-old Mark Anthony Saldivar.
November 2019 A Bexar County grand jury indicted Tay-K for capital murder.
November 2019 Indicted on a second murder charge for allegedly shooting 23-year-old Mark Anthony Saldivar while on the run in 2017.
November 23 2019 A family member maintained his Twitter account, expressing dissatisfaction with his record label and management, contrary to his manager Ezra Averill's wishes.
August 2019 Less than two weeks after being sentenced for a Mansfield home invasion and murder, Tay-K was extradited to Bexar County Jail to await trial for the Mark Saldivar murder case.
July 2019 Found guilty of murder for the 2016 home invasion resulting in Ethan Walker's death, and sentenced to 55 years in prison.
July 2019 Found guilty of murder for the 2016 home invasion and robbery, sentenced to 55 years in prison.
July 2019 Found guilty of murder for his involvement in the 2016 home invasion and sentenced to 55 years in prison.
July 23 2019 McIntyre was sentenced to 55 years for murder, 30 years for one count of aggravated robbery, and 26 years for two additional counts of aggravated robbery, to be served concurrently. He will be eligible for parole after 28 years and was fined $21,000.
July 23 2019 McIntyre was sentenced to 55 years for murder and additional concurrent terms for aggravated robbery, totaling 111 years with eligibility for parole after 28 years, and fined $21,000.
July 19 2019 A jury found McIntyre guilty of murder and a third count of aggravated robbery, facing up to 99 years in prison. His song 'The Race' was introduced as evidence during the sentencing phase.
July 19 2019 A jury found McIntyre guilty of murder and a third count of aggravated robbery, facing up to 99 years in prison.
July 15 2019 On the first day of his trial, McIntyre pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated robbery in the Mansfield home invasion case.
May 2 2019 Skip Pepe and his wife filed a lawsuit against McIntyre, his former manager Ezra Averill, and record labels 88 Classic and RCA Records, alleging they profited financially from McIntyre's violent crimes.
March 1 2019 Reported to be on the verge of forming a prison gang called the 'Rug Ratz', affiliated with the Crips, with a specific set of gang rules. Was placed in solitary confinement after a warden received a tip from an informant.
2018 Tay-K featured on the single 'Hard' by No Jumper with BlocBoy JB, which achieved Gold certification by RIAA and reached high chart positions
November 2018 Jalen Bell (Pimpyz) pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery and was sentenced to 30 years in prison.
August 2018 Ariana Bharrat pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery and was sentenced to 25 years in prison. Sean Robinson pleaded guilty to murder and was sentenced to 40 years in prison.
August 16 2018 Won a legal battle when the Texas Second Court of Appeals ruled that the State District Judge had made a mistake in refusing to set bail for his aggravated robbery case, though he remained denied bail for the murder case.
August 14 2018 Transferred from Tarrant County Jail to maximum-security Lon Evans Corrections Center, where he was placed in solitary confinement for 23 hours daily with one hour for gym time.
August 2 2018 While in jail, Tay-K was charged with possession of a prohibited item after a mobile phone was found hidden in his sock during a search.
July 2018 Walker's family and survivor Zachary Beloate jointly sued McIntyre and his former record labels 88 Classic and RCA Records for music profits following Walker's death and Beloate's injuries.
June 2018 Saldivar's family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Tay-K seeking more than $1 million in damages for the San Antonio shooting.
June 1 2018 Kendrick Lamar and Top Dawg Entertainment founder Anthony Tiffith sent a threatening letter to Spotify, demanding reconsideration of the content removal policy.
May 2018 Latharian Merritt was sentenced to life in prison without parole for capital murder. McIntyre was confirmed to not face the death penalty or life imprisonment without parole.
May 2018 It was confirmed McIntyre would not face the death penalty or life imprisonment without parole.
May 31 2018 Spotify CEO Daniel Ek admitted that the content removal policy was 'handled wrongfully'.
May 10 2018 Tay-K's management team claimed his music was removed from Spotify playlists as part of the platform's 'Hate Content & Hateful Conduct' policy, alongside XXXTentacion and R. Kelly.
March 2018 Revealed to have earned between $600,000 to $700,000 from his record deal with 88 Classic and RCA Records.
February 2018 McIntyre's bail was revoked in relation to the ongoing criminal cases.
February 2018 Tay-K's bail was revoked.
February 2018 An unnamed minor accomplice was sentenced to 20 years in prison for capital murder and aggravated robbery. Megan Holt pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery and was sentenced to 20 years.
February 3 2018 Released the song 'After You' on SoundCloud.
February 2 2018 Tay-K's official Twitter account posted two pictures of him, marking his first public appearance since May 2017.
January 2018 'The Race' was certified platinum by the RIAA.
2017 Tay-K released his hit single 'The Race', which peaked at number 44 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was certified Platinum by RIAA and Gold by MC.
2017 Released 'I Love My Choppa (Remix)' featuring Rich the Kid
2017 Released debut album Santana World while being held at Tarrant County Jail in Fort Worth, which entered the Billboard 200.
December 14 2017 Debut mixtape 'Santana World' was re-released by 88 Classic and RCA Records, featuring a remix of 'The Race' with 21 Savage and Young Nudy.
October 3 2017 Additional capital murder charges were added to Tay-K's case for the San Antonio shooting. Police claimed surveillance footage showed he was in the vehicle during the incident. His bail was set at $500,000.
September 14 2017 WorldStarHipHop released the song 'Coolin', which McIntyre claimed was a leak and not an official release.
July 29 2017 Tay-K released his mixtape 'Santana World' under 88 Classic and RCA labels, distributed as a digital download and streaming format, which peaked at #128 on the charts
July 4 2017 Tay-K released his mixtape '#3Tay-K47', which was self-released as a digital download and streaming format
June 30 2017 Captured by U.S. marshals after a three-month nationwide manhunt, on the same day his song 'The Race' was released.

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