Tay-K 47 posed with his own wanted poster in a music video for his song "The Race," which has reached over 100 million views as he sat in jail on murder charges in San Antonio.
Tay-K 47 posed with his own wanted poster in a music video for his song "The Race," which has reached over 100 million views as he sat in jail on murder charges in San Antonio.
Tay-K 47 posed with his own wanted poster in a music video for his song "The Race," which has reached over 100 million views as he sat in jail on murder charges in San Antonio.
Tay-K 47 posed with his own wanted poster in a music video for his song "The Race," which has reached over 100 million views as he sat in jail on murder charges in San Antonio.
According to a police report obtained by mySA, McIntyre is a suspect in the April 23 fatal shooting of Mark Anthony Saldivar at a North Side Chik-fil-a at 27 Northeast Loop 410.
According to a police report obtained by mySA, McIntyre is a suspect in the April 23 fatal shooting of Mark Anthony Saldivar at a North Side Chik-fil-a at 27 Northeast Loop 410.
Mark Anthony Saldivar, 23, was found dead in the parking lot of Chick-Fil-A on Sunday, April 23, at 27 Northeast Loop 410.
Mark Anthony Saldivar, 23, was found dead in the parking lot of Chick-Fil-A on Sunday, April 23, at 27 Northeast Loop 410.
San Antonio police say a man was shot and killed on the North Side Sunday, April 23, 2017. Officers found the man about 5:30 p.m. after responding to a disturbance call.
San Antonio police say a man was shot and killed on the North Side Sunday, April 23, 2017. Officers found the man about 5:30 p.m. after responding to a disturbance call.
San Antonio police say a man was shot and killed on the North Side Sunday, April 23, 2017. Officers found the man about 5:30 p.m. after responding to a disturbance call.
San Antonio police say a man was shot and killed on the North Side Sunday, April 23, 2017. Officers found the man about 5:30 p.m. after responding to a disturbance call.
San Antonio police say a man was shot and killed on the North Side Sunday, April 23, 2017. Officers found the man about 5:30 p.m. after responding to a disturbance call.
San Antonio police say a man was shot and killed on the North Side Sunday, April 23, 2017. Officers found the man about 5:30 p.m. after responding to a disturbance call.
Forty-four people were charged with murder in Bexar County from Jan. 1 to May 31, 2017, according to records obtained from the sheriff's office. Click ahead to see their mugshots.
Forty-four people were charged with murder in Bexar County from Jan. 1 to May 31, 2017, according to records obtained from the sheriff's office. Click ahead to see their mugshots.
Armando Garcia-Ramires
Charge(s): Capital murder, capital murder of a child under 10-years-old
Booking Date: March 6, 2017
Armando Garcia-Ramires
Charge(s): Capital murder, capital murder of a child under 10-years-old
Booking Date: March 6, 2017
Daniel Reyes
Charge(s): Murder
Booking Date: Jan. 1, 2017
Daniel Reyes
Charge(s): Murder
Booking Date: Jan. 1, 2017
Antonio Nunez Jr.
Charge(s): Murder
Booking Date: Jan. 10, 2017
Antonio Nunez Jr.
Charge(s): Murder
Booking Date: Jan. 10, 2017
William Gene Vititoe
Charge(s): Murder
Booking Date: April 23, 2017
William Gene Vititoe
Charge(s): Murder
Booking Date: April 23, 2017
Xavier Johnson
Charge(s): Murder
Booking Date: Jan. 18, 2017
Xavier Johnson
Charge(s): Murder
Booking Date: Jan. 18, 2017
Roslinda Zertuche Garza
Charge(s): Capital murder
Booking Date: May 11, 2017
Roslinda Zertuche Garza
Charge(s): Capital murder
Booking Date: May 11, 2017
Traeion Jack Stevenson
Charge(s): Murder
Booking Date: Feb. 21, 2017
Traeion Jack Stevenson
Charge(s): Murder
Booking Date: Feb. 21, 2017
Thomas Nathan Clark
Charge(s): Murder
Booking Date: Feb. 2, 2017
Thomas Nathan Clark
Charge(s): Murder
Booking Date: Feb. 2, 2017
Tyler Marquette Collins
Charge(s): Capital murder
Booking Date: Feb. 2, 2017
Tyler Marquette Collins
Charge(s): Capital murder
Booking Date: Feb. 2, 2017
Montrail Thomas Butler
Charge(s): Murder
Booking Date: March 23, 2017
Montrail Thomas Butler
Charge(s): Murder
Booking Date: March 23, 2017
Meagan Ashley Cantu
Charge(s): Capital murder
Booking Date: Feb. 18, 2017
Meagan Ashley Cantu
Charge(s): Capital murder
Booking Date: Feb. 18, 2017
Raul Garza III
Charge(s): Murder
Booking Date: Jan. 11, 2017
Raul Garza III
Charge(s): Murder
Booking Date: Jan. 11, 2017
Michael Ramirez
Charge(s): Murder
Booking Date: April 3, 2017
Michael Ramirez
Charge(s): Murder
Booking Date: April 3, 2017
Luis Angel Trevino
Charge(s): Murder
Booking Date: March 22, 2017
Luis Angel Trevino
Charge(s): Murder
Booking Date: March 22, 2017
Luis Manuel Sanchez
Charge(s): Capital murder, capital murder
Booking Date: Feb. 9, 2017
Luis Manuel Sanchez
Charge(s): Capital murder, capital murder
Booking Date: Feb. 9, 2017
Johnny Ray Morales
Charge(s): Murder
Booking Date: March 25, 2017
Johnny Ray Morales
Charge(s): Murder
Booking Date: March 25, 2017
Jose Luis Rojas
Charge(s): Murder
Booking Date: Jan. 23, 2017
Jose Luis Rojas
Charge(s): Murder
Booking Date: Jan. 23, 2017
Jamie Lynn McCord
Charge(s): Murder
Booking Date: Feb. 21, 2017
Jamie Lynn McCord
Charge(s): Murder
Booking Date: Feb. 21, 2017
Jason Matthew Prieto
Charge(s): Capital murder
Booking Date: Jan. 23, 2017
Jason Matthew Prieto
Charge(s): Capital murder
Booking Date: Jan. 23, 2017
James Cardona
Charge(s): Murder
Booking Date: April 6, 2017
James Cardona
Charge(s): Murder
Booking Date: April 6, 2017
Javier Hernandez
Charge(s): Murder
Booking Date: Feb. 27, 2017
Javier Hernandez
Charge(s): Murder
Booking Date: Feb. 27, 2017
Jesse Salinas
Charge(s): Murder
Booking Date: Jan. 24, 2017
Jesse Salinas
Charge(s): Murder
Booking Date: Jan. 24, 2017
Elvin Armas
Charge(s): Murder
Booking Date: March 17, 2017
Elvin Armas
Charge(s): Murder
Booking Date: March 17, 2017
Gilberto Carreon
Charge(s): Murder
Booking Date: Jan. 26, 2017
Gilberto Carreon
Charge(s): Murder
Booking Date: Jan. 26, 2017
Garick Clayton
Charge(s): Capital murder
Booking Date: Feb. 19, 2017
Garick Clayton
Charge(s): Capital murder
Booking Date: Feb. 19, 2017
Ignacio Jimenez Jr.
Charge(s): Murder
Booking Date: Feb. 2, 2017
Ignacio Jimenez Jr.
Charge(s): Murder
Booking Date: Feb. 2, 2017
Charles Fuller
Charge(s): Capital murder
Booking Date: March 8, 2017
Charles Fuller
Charge(s): Capital murder
Booking Date: March 8, 2017
Daniel Nunez
Charge(s): Murder
Booking Date: Feb. 24, 2017
Daniel Nunez
Charge(s): Murder
Booking Date: Feb. 24, 2017
David Ortiz
Charge(s): Murder
Booking Date: Jan. 27, 2017
David Ortiz
Charge(s): Murder
Booking Date: Jan. 27, 2017
Ashton Lucas Lomas
Charge(s): Capital murder
Booking Date: Feb. 17, 2017
Ashton Lucas Lomas
Charge(s): Capital murder
Booking Date: Feb. 17, 2017
Authur Camacho
Charge(s): Murder
Booking Date: Jan. 17, 2017
Authur Camacho
Charge(s): Murder
Booking Date: Jan. 17, 2017
Brenda Sanchez
Charge(s): Capital murder
Booking Date: May 11, 2017
Brenda Sanchez
Charge(s): Capital murder
Booking Date: May 11, 2017
Bryan Miller
Charge(s): Capital murder
Booking Date: Feb. 23, 2017
Bryan Miller
Charge(s): Capital murder
Booking Date: Feb. 23, 2017
Adrian Antoine Dunn
Charge(s): Murder
Booking Date: Feb. 13, 2017
Adrian Antoine Dunn
Charge(s): Murder
Booking Date: Feb. 13, 2017
Alex Nerio
Charge(s): Murder
Booking Date: March 25, 2017
Alex Nerio
Charge(s): Murder
Booking Date: March 25, 2017
Jasmine Segovia
Charge(s): Murder
Booking Date: Feb. 18, 2017
Jasmine Segovia
Charge(s): Murder
Booking Date: Feb. 18, 2017
Javiele Lee Frias
Charge(s): Capital murder of a child under 10-years-old
Booking Date: April 4, 2017
Javiele Lee Frias
Charge(s): Capital murder of a child under 10-years-old
Booking Date: April 4, 2017
Alex Martinez Ortiz
Charge(s): Murder
Booking Date: April 27, 2017
Alex Martinez Ortiz
Charge(s): Murder
Booking Date: April 27, 2017
Shari Newman
Charge(s): Capital murder of a child under 10-years-old
Booking Date: April 6, 2017
Shari Newman
Charge(s): Capital murder of a child under 10-years-old
Booking Date: April 6, 2017
Christopher Manuel Vidales
Charge(s): Murder
Booking Date: April 25, 2017
Christopher Manuel Vidales
Charge(s): Murder
Booking Date: April 25, 2017
Wyatt Luke Rushing
Charge(s): Murder
Booking Date: May 2, 2017
Wyatt Luke Rushing
Charge(s): Murder
Booking Date: May 2, 2017
Leslie Arriaga
Charge(s): Murder
Booking Date: May 16, 2017
Leslie Arriaga
Charge(s): Murder
Booking Date: May 16, 2017
Carlos Salazar
Charge(s): Murder
Booking Date: May 10, 2017
Carlos Salazar
Charge(s): Murder
Booking Date: May 10, 2017
Leticia Monae Young
Charge(s): Capital murder of a child under 10-years-old
Booking Date: April 6, 2017
Leticia Monae Young
Charge(s): Capital murder of a child under 10-years-old
Booking Date: April 6, 2017
The FADER, an online music news publication, has named "The Race," a song released by San Antonio murder suspect Tay-K, its top Song of the Year following his arrest on murder charges out of Bexar and Tarrant counties.
Tay-K recorded "The Race," in which he raps about life on the lam, while he was a fugitive wanted on the two murder charges and a charge of aggravated robbery. The song has been viewed more than 100 million times since it was posted to YouTube in June and has generated "enduring" and "unanswerable" questions about ethical consumption of art, according to The FADER.
"This year, The FADER chose not to cover certain artists out of a concern that generating clicks on their behalf would equal complicity for their crimes. When we look back at 2017, and how it has reshaped the way we all engage with the producers of culture, it's songs like 'The Race,' and stories as complex as Tay-K's, that will stand out the most," reads The FADER's explanation for their decision.
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Tay-K, whose given name is Taymor Travon McIntyre, is currently being held in the Tarrant County Jail on charges of capital murder and aggravated robbery. But in October, mySA confirmed that McIntyre has also been named a suspect in the murder of 23-year-old Mark Anthony Saldivar in San Antonio.
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According to police, Saldivar got into an argument with 17-year-old McIntyre and three other suspects on April 23 inside of a black SUV on an access road to Loop 410. At some point, someone in the car allegedly pointed a gun at Saldivar, prompting him to flee from the car and yell for help.
The driver of the SUV tried to run him over, but Saldivar held onto the hood of the SUV until it came to a stop at a nearby Chik-fil-a, at which point he jumped onto the car and started stomping in the windshield, officials said. A passenger got out of the car, fatally shot Saldivar and then McIntyre and the three other suspects fled in the SUV, leaving Saldivar's body in the parking lot, authorities said.
McIntyre allegedly participated in Saldivar's killing while on the lam. He had previously been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of Ethan Matthew Walker in Mansfield, Texas, during a botched armed robbery on July 27, 2016.
Authorities said McIntyre slipped off his ankle bracelet on March 27, 2017, and fled to San Antonio, where he killed Saldivar and then fled to New Jersey. During this period, McIntyre recorded and released several songs, one of which was "The Race. In the music video for the song, McIntyre poses next to his own wanted poster.
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"The video for his breakout song 'The Race,' all 104 seconds of it, was recorded while he was literally on the lam, a type beat-selecting outlaw," writes The FADER's Rawiya Kameir. "The song's energy reflects that: "F--k a beat, I was tryna beat a case / But I ain't beat that case / B---h, I did the race," he raps, his voice barely pubescent. He sounds like he's outrunning the law, and outrunning the track. The effect is that he lands slightly ahead of the beat, crunchy drums underscoring his one-liners."
Kameir points out that McIntyre's real-life fugitive status helped garner attention for his work, but questions whether such buzz is morally justifiable.
"Should that real-life story make the song more compelling or less so?" she asks. "Can a piece of art be invalidated by the circumstances under which it was created? For some publications and listeners, the answer is yes; for others, quite the opposite."
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Caleb Downs is a crime reporter for mySA.com. Read more of his stories here.| cdowns@mysa.com | Twitter: @calebjdowns