Texas rapper Tay-K convicted of murder for his role in a robbery that left 1 man dead

Texas rapper Tay-K convicted of murder for his role in a robbery that left 1 man dead

Booking image of 19-year-old rapper Taymor McIntyre, called "Tay-K," World Health Organization was found guilty of 1 count of murder on Friday for his role during a housebreaking theft that left a 21-year-old man dead.
(CNN)Texas rapper Tay-K, World Health Organization recorded the 2017 microorganism hit "The Race" whereas on the run, was found guilty of murder on Friday.

The 19-year-old, whose legal name is Taymor McIntyre, was additionally guilty of 3 counts of aggravated theft, aforesaid SAM Jordan, a interpreter for the Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney's workplace.

Jordan told CNN Tay-K took half during a theft that left a 21-year-old man dead in 2016. Tay-K is one amongst seven defendants defendant in reference to the incident, CNN affiliate KTVT rumored. the opposite six were either found guilty or they reached a plea deal, per KTVT.
Witnesses testified Tay-K was a part of a concept to steal medication and cash from the victim's range in Mansfield, that is within the Dallas-Fort value metropolitan space, KTVT rumored.
During the trial, the medical expert known the victim as Ethan Walker, per KTVT. Walker, a young father, did not have either the medication or cash the robbers were once, witnesses testified, KTVT rumored. Walker's girlfriend testified he was shot whereas his hands were within the air.
Tay-K's attorneys argued he wasn't the one that pink-slipped the gun, therefore he should not are found guilty, per KTVT. Prosecutors, however, aforesaid Tay-K knew the decide to rob Walker's home.

Prosecutors aforesaid the decide to rob the house was really the concept of a 15-year-old woman, whose friend reached bent Tay-K as a result of she believed he might get guns for the theft, KTVT rumored.
Tay-K gained infamy in 2017, once he interrupt his bangle and fled confinement. He discharged "The Race," that currently has over one hundred seventy million views on YouTube. The video shows Tay-K sitting next to a announcement of himself.
The song debuted at No. seventy on the signboard Hot a hundred once it had been ab initio discharged. Tay-K additionally received support from rappers, like Lil Bibby World Health Organization tweeted "Free Lil Tay K" and Travis Scott, World Health Organization tweeted Tay-K's lyrics, per signboard.
Tay-K was captured in New Jersey once 3 months on the run, KTVT rumored.

Jordan aforesaid the jury deliberated Tay-K's sentencing on Friday and can continue into Monday, if necessary.
The rapper faces between 5 and ninety nine years in jail, KTVT rumored.