Taymor McIntyre, or “Tay-K”, is an Arlington, Texas rapper who became wanted for capital murder at the age of just 16.

In July 2016, Tay-K was involved in a home invasion in Mansfield, Texas, that resulted in the death of 21-year-old Ethan Walker. He was placed on house arrest, but cut off his ankle monitor and fled to New Jersey where he was caught by US Marshalls. He is currently waiting to be extradited back to Texas to be tried on charges of capital murder. It’s thought that he fled Texas because prosecutors were looking to try the then-16-year-old as an adult, making him eligible for the death penalty. Although the capital murder charge, and its mandatory 40-year prison sentence, did not stand up, Tay-K was sentenced to 55 years behind bars on 19 July 2019. The lyrical content of “The Race” was used as evidence to convict him.

The song is called “The Race” because he recorded it while being on the run from the feds. He began to gain popularity on the day of his arrest by strategically releasing “The Race.”