New York drill rapper Kay Flock has been found guilty of attempted murder and racketeering, among other charges.
A RICO case was filed against the 21-year-old rapper and his alleged gang Sev Side in 2023, with a jury finding him guilty on Thursday (March 20) of racketeering conspiracy, use of a firearm resulting in death, attempted murder and assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering and use of a firearm for attempted murder and assault with a dangerous weapon.
However, the Bronx native (real name Kevin Perez) was acquitted on the charge of murder in aid of racketeering.
He is due to be sentenced on July 16.
A statement from Acting U.S. Attorney Matthew Podolsky of the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York, said: “Kevin Perez, a/k/a ‘Kay Flock,’ was the leader of a neighborhood street gang known as Sev Side / DOA, and with that gang, he committed a series of gang-motivated shootings.
“Perez, a drill rapper, instilled fear across the community with his violent actions, and then threatened rivals, bragged about shootings, and taunted victims in his rap lyrics.”
Podolsky continued: “But as a unanimous jury has now found, Perez can no longer hide behind his music, and instead will be held to account for his violent crimes.
“Thanks to the hard work of the career prosecutors of this Office and our law enforcement partners, the cycle of violence that Perez engaged in is over.”
Flock reacted to the verdict on social media, writing: “I beat the top count. I made the judge cry ‘he said now he not force[d] to give me life’ [blowing nose emoji]. Alhamdulillah everything good not good everything bad not bad.
“Just gotta stay humble till the outcome of your situation and see what Allah got for you [100 emoji] Chin up chest out shit aint over no w[h]ere near!!
“Remain a G and stay sucka free [zip mouth emoji],” he added. “Never fold never will free the [thoroughbred] ones kill all rats.”
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The rapper, along with seven other defendants, were accused of being involved in a number of violent crimes that took place in the Bronx between 2020 and 2022, including the murder of 24-year-old Oscar Hernandez.
Key Flock had argued that the killing was committed in self-defense. All other defendants agreed plea deals before going to trial.
Flock now faces the prospect of serving between 20 years and life in prison. If he had been convicted of the murder charge, he would have faced a mandatory life sentence.
The rapper is best known for his 2020 single “Shake It” which featured Cardi B and reached number 51 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was later certified platinum.
Drill is trash.
Shut up boomer! Trap and drill ran the scene and at least those guys have better fan bases than trash hypocrite conscious nerd suburb rap! Flock a real one unlike boot boy Kendrick, Cole, Drake, or Eminem.
@Sheed Shut up, Zoomer! Only a sleepy headed idiot thinks making fun of being conscious is a flex. Keep bumping your favorite Sesame Street, short bus mumblers and retard raps though…you young dumbass with no class.
Zoomers got more class and brains than you morons go pay your taxes and live in slavery. My favorite rappers are Wayne and Ye and Ye is king!
Shut up the conscious rappers are all frauds an hypocrites full of themselves same with trash Tupac all those dudes were fake and gay. King Von, YoungBoy, Flock, Melly, Sosa, Durk, Kodak, Pop Smoke, Fivio, Fredo, all of them are real unlike the fakes and industry plants of the past funny your gen only like plants like Kendrick, Tupac, and Doechii
You sound fake and gay yourself, but that’s how YOUR generation roles being drug addicts and f@gots who can’t get women.
Damfoan – Doesn’t realize Tupac slept with women and is just saying things just to win an argument like a bitch.
Trump pardon Kay Flock help NYC get the yuppies out and abolish taxes we taking over NYC back! Gun rights and stand your ground should be a given right in NYC
@kiba fully back ya on that. Stand your ground should be nationwide law. And taxes should also be abolished. Middle East doest tax their people because they fund their government on oil. We can do the same, 100%. At minimum we need to abolished income and property tax.
Another scumbag right where he belongs.
How? Bro defended himself if anything we need more of this in NYC and less government. The south was right abolish the federal government and license registration freedom for all except boomers and millennials
Jimba – confused gay boy
“NY Drill” should not be a thing…it is an abomination to hip-hop, and a sacrilege against the birthplace of hip-hop again.
Ready for NY rappers to abandon drill, trap and ALL that crap and GET BACK TO SPITTIN’ BARS OVER BOOM-BAP BEATS AGAIN!
OK Run DMC. Also DMX was drill before drill was a thing!
OK hip hop hippy hip hop til you can’t stop scooby doo boogie da beat
These guys put so much energy into going to prison. It’s crazy how they move now.
Trump pardon him and Fivio! Let’s clean NYC up and get the woke trash off the streets people like Stephen A take their gay activist assessment elsewhere!