Tay-K (Taymor McIntyre) was first locked up in early 2017, after being taken into custody in connection with a 2016 home invasion and murder case in Texas, and he has remained behind bars since then.

Quick timeline

  • 2016: The murder and aggravated robbery in Mansfield, Texas, that later led to his major case.
  • Early 2017: He was arrested and placed on house arrest, then cut off his ankle monitor and went on the run, which inspired his song “The Race.”
  • Mid–2017: He was caught again and jailed, not getting out afterward.
  • July 2019: A Texas jury sentenced him to 55 years in prison for the 2016 murder plus additional concurrent sentences for aggravated robbery.
  • April 2025: He received another 80-year sentence in a separate murder case from a 2017 shooting while he was on the run; the sentences run concurrently, and he remains in the Texas prison system.

So if you’re asking “when did Tay-K go to jail,” people usually mean when he was finally locked up after “The Race” era, which was in 2017, and he has been incarcerated ever since.

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