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16-04-2025
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Tay-K Sentenced To 80 Years In Prison For San Antonio Murder
Tay-K has received his punishment for the 2017 shooting that left a photographer dead in San Antonio, Texas. The 24-year-old rapper was sentenced to 80 years in prison. News 4 San Antonio reports the Arlington, Texas rapper was found guilty of murder earlier this week, and the jury delivered its sentencing on Tuesday (April 15). This trial was connected to the murder of Mark Anthony Saldivar, with whom the rapper connected with in 2017 for a photoshoot and attempted to rob at gunpoint, ultimately ending with him fatally shooting the photographer. The #SantanaWorld (+) artist is currently jailed at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice until further notice. 80 years is on the higher end of what his sentencing was originally predicted to be, as he was initially told he could face between five and 99 years. Had he been convicted of capital murder, it would have been a life sentence without parole. 'I do realize that while this is a lot of time, you're still alive. You can still better yourself,' District Court Judge Stephanie Boyd said, per KENS 5. 'But the complainant in this case is deceased, and you need to internalize that the complainant in this case is deceased. You're going to have to make changes.' The judge's message was resonant, as this was Tay-K's second murder trial in 6 years. In 2019, he was sentenced to 55 years in prison for a murder that took place during a home invasion in 2016. The murder and his subsequent effort to evade the police inspired his 2017 hit record 'The Race.' He was ordered to serve house arrest, but cut off his ankle monitor and fled from law enforcement ahead of his hearing for the 2016 murder. His latest single, 'The Race,' was part of his sole album #SantanaWorld (+), which was followed by the 2018 record 'After You.' Since then, Tay-K has not released any official new music, given the ensuing years of litigation and trials. Listen below. More from Tay-K Could Face Up To 99 Years In Prison After Latest Murder Conviction Tekashi 6ix9ine Pranked With Fake King Von Coffin PnB Rock's Murder Could've Been Inside Job, New Information Suggests
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15-04-2025
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Tay-K Could Face Up To 99 Years In Prison After Latest Murder Conviction
Tay-K has now been handed his second murder conviction. The 24-year-old rapper may face up to 99 years in prison for killing a photographer while evading the police who were chasing him down for his first murder. The Long Beach, Calif.-born rapper has already been handed a 55-year sentence for his 2016 murder that took occurred during a home invasion. Ultimately, it was determined that he would concurrently serve a 30-year prison sentence for one of his three counts of aggravated robbery and 13 years each for the other two counts. Tay-K was 16 years old when this murder occurred. While he was supposed to be serving a house arrest sentence, he cut off his ankle bracelet and fled law enforcement ahead of the hearing for his home invasion. The controversial rapper infamously documented this story in his hit song 'The Race' in 2017. Watch the conviction and listen to 'The Race' below. In 2017, a warrant was issued for Tay-K's arrest in Bexar County, Texas. The Arlington, Texas native and a group picked up 23-year-old photographer Mark Anthony Saldivar for a photoshoot, but ended up robbing him at gunpoint for his camera. They ultimately killed Saldivar, according to Fort Worth-Star Telegram. Now, he has received his second murder conviction. While it is not a capital murder conviction, which would have meant an automatic life sentence, he is facing anywhere between five and 99 years in prison. Tay-K burst onto the music scene in 2017 with his track 'The Race,' which was part of his only album #SantanaWorld (+). 21 Savage and Young Nudy joined him on the remix to his hit record, and Maxo Kream appeared on the remix to 'I <3 My Choppa.' Tay-K shared 'After You' the following year and has been inactive musically since then due to his legal constraints. More from Tekashi 6ix9ine Pranked With Fake King Von Coffin PnB Rock's Murder Could've Been Inside Job, New Information Suggests Louisiana High School Senior Killed By Boyfriend In Apparent Murder-Suicide While Headed To Homecoming
