Kay Flock was found guilty in his gang RICO case earlier this year and has been given a 25-year jail sentence.
U.S. District Judge Lewis J. Liman sentenced the Bronx rapper to 300 months or 25 years in prison on Tuesday, December 16, according to Inner City Press Senior Reporter Matthew Russell Lee. 480 months was the recommended sentence, with a minimum of 10 years of consecutive incarceration.
Kay Flock was informed by Judge Liman that he was accountable for seven victims and four shootings. “You are lucky no one was killed in those instances,” Liman said. “I am not considering the incident when you shot and killed a victim. These crimes were part of a pattern that would have continued.”
The rhymer was accused of shooting and killing Hwascar Hernandez in New York City in February 2023. Kay Flock was found guilty of racketeering conspiracy, attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon in aid of racketeering, and a firearm discharge offence resulting from his federal indictment, but he was cleared of a first-degree murder conviction in that case in March.
Before the sentencing was announced, Liman said Kay Flock encouraged young people to join gangs. “Your life was ruined by gang activity but you encouraged others to join,” Liman added.” You will not be punished for murder. But this requires just about the most serous punishment this court can impose.” The judge also shared that he hadn’t heard the drill artist express sympathy for the victims of the shootings nor “grasped what you have done.”
Kay Flock had a chance to address the court and took advantage of the opportunity. “What I was at 18 is not what I am today,” he said. “I feel like, this time of my journey, rising me up as a man. I grew up in a rough place. I began to support my family at 12. I was just a kid, I didn’t really know better. I found God. I feel like sometimes you gotta go through the darkness to find life. I coulda been dead. That’s all I’ve got to say.”
Kay Flock has been in custody since December of 2021, when he turned himself in for Hernandez’s murder.
