Tay-K is having a tough time in prison, likening his treatment behind bars to that of a “hamster” or “ferret.”
The 22-year-old took to Twitter on Tuesday (January 17) to let fans know things aren’t going too well for him inside. According to Tay, he’s at “war within” and the correctional officers aren’t making it any better for him.
“Im @ war within,” he tweeted, before adding: “I feel like a hamster in here. They’re literally treating me like a ferret in here rn.”
Tay-K didn’t offer any further insight into his prison conditions.
Tay-K (real name Taymor Travon McIntyre) is currently incarcerated at Bexar County Jail in San Antonio, Texas awaiting trial in a capital murder case stemming from the 2017 shooting death of 23-year-old Mark Anthony Saldivar.
The controversial rapper was sentenced to 55 years behind bars in July 2019 in connection to a separate murder case in Texas. He is alleged to have plotted to rob two men along with several others in July 2016, but the botched robbery resulted in the death of a 21-year-old man named Ethan Walker.
He was sentenced to 55 years for the murder charge, 30 years for aggravated robbery and given two additional 13-year prison sentences on two other counts of aggravated robbery. The sentences are being served concurrently.
Tay previously addressed his incarceration earlier this month, claiming race was a factor behind his lengthy prison term. He also said he should have been tried as a minor and pleaded for a “second chance at adulthood.”
“I really just need 1 chance @ adulthood,” he tweeted. “I bet if I was a lil white kid they wouldn’t have gave me no 55 years for a crime I was alleged to play the most insignificant role in when I was 16….they woulda rightfully argued that my mind wasn’t fully developed and gave me rehabilitation and a 2nd (1st) chance at adulthood.”
He added: “one of my codefendants was a white girl who was 16 jus like me…they didn’t certify her as an adult but they certified me n pimp as adults, pimp got 30, I got 55, she ended up getting 10 years of probation without no deal…that girl @ home rn.”
Tay-K found success with his 2017 hit single “The Race,” which he released while on the run from law enforcement after cutting off his ankle monitor. The song catapulted him to notoriety and peaked at No. 44 spot on the Billboard Hot 100.
The track, which contains lyrics like: “Pop a n-gga then I go out my way,” was used as evidence in his trial.
Stay out of trouble, u know how they do Blk folks so, why put yourself in that situation?!?!?!? Duh!
How they do Blk folks? He committed murder and pulls the race card. Here’s how they do Blk folks, they put criminals in prison. But that’s white people’s fault, right?
Damn u just racist too
He’s tired of fuckin bois
Maybe because he looks like a hamster…?
Running the hamster wheel is a different kind of…race 😂😂😂.
Good 4m get used 2 it fool. How u think the guy in the box in the ground feel or his family. Complaining about the situation u put urself n. U a ferret hampster just keep spinning the wheel ferret boy
You forgot to say don’t drop the soap
Good 4m get used 2 it fool. How u think the guy in the box in the ground feel or his family. Complaining about the situation u put urself n. U a ferret hampster just keep spinning the wheel ferret boy
You just sound uneducated he had bad mentors that led to that stuff happening. His father was in jail his whole life so he didn’t have a good person as a father figure or someone he looks up to around to teach him right from wrong. He just had people around encouraging this stuff. And race was definitely a factor sum people still treated other people of different shades different not a lot but some. Tay-k deserves a chance.
Why is there a mentality that if you go to prison your supposed to be treated like your still amongst regular society?
You have to know how to navigate America. This is a country that preys on Black People. You have to know how to stay below the radar on all things. Even your taxes.
Or just go to work, pay your taxes and don’t shoot people like everyone else.
Lol. The IRS goes after EVERYONE for taxes. And not murdering ppl is easy.
Yeah, I feel so bad for this black man fir being preyed upon bu going to prison for killing another black man. Don’t the authorities understand black pn black murder isn’t a crime!?! It’s racis prosecution! That’s what it is. How man white murderers go to prison? ZERO!
he didnt pull the trigger
White ppl treat hamsters very well. They have a nice cage, a wheel, food and water. No abuse, lots of cuddles and love. I figured black ppl treat them the same, but I guess not?
fafo, loser
I stick my wiener in my hamster’s butt cos I can’t get girls and I’m sure thats what he meant by getting treat like a hamster.
You need to stick a toaster in your bathtub
U brought it on urself bro
The kids get this idea in their head that prison is no big deal and it’s something to get cred for, I’ve heard some fools call a bid a vacation but when you’re stuck in there it’s a whole different story, cry me a river
Sorry son, you, like all others, get one shot at adulthood. Not two. Have a nice day.
Sorry son, you, like all others, get one shot at adulthood. Not two. Have a nice day.
Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time. Quit complaining and suck it up. You are being treated like a hamster because you act like one.Stay gressed and ready little hamster
How is he posting anything? He’s incarcerated!
Or…now hear me out, this is gonna sound crazy…
Don’t murder people?
free tay k he has been in there for ages. there is no actual proof of him pulling the trigger.
good 4m get used it fool how u think the guy in the box in the ground feel or his family