Last Friday, Tay-K’s sister, Kayla Beverly, sparked speculation after posting a video on Instagram showing the end of a phone conversation with a contact saved as “Taymor’s Attorney.”
Once the call concluded, Beverly turned to a woman believed to be her and the rapper’s mother and excitedly said, “Your son coming home!”
The moment quickly caught the attention of fans, fueling questions about whether Tay-K, whose real name is Taymor McIntyre, could soon be released.
The video quickly sparked widespread reactions online. After all, McIntyre is currently serving two lengthy prison sentences that run concurrently rather than consecutively — 55 years for a murder connected to a deadly 2016 home invasion in Mansfield, Texas, and 80 years for a separate fatal shooting in a San Antonio fast-food parking lot the following year.
With those sentences in place, many were left wondering how someone expected to remain incarcerated for decades could suddenly be “coming home.” Is there real progress in his legal situation, or is his sister simply expressing hope?
To find answers, we took a closer look at the details surrounding both cases and the current status of Tay-K’s legal battles.
Before diving deeper, it’s worth noting that Complex reached out multiple times to both Kayla Beverly and Tay-K’s attorney, John T. Hunter. While it has not been confirmed, Hunter is believed to be the attorney heard on the phone in Beverly’s video. Neither party responded to requests for comment.
For those unfamiliar with the story, Tay-K, born Taymor McIntyre, is a rapper from East Arlington, Texas, who shot to fame nearly a decade ago with his breakout track, “The Race.” The song became a viral sensation thanks to its memorable hook, hard-hitting production, and the extraordinary circumstances surrounding its release.
After being arrested in connection with the 2016 home invasion case, Tay-K was released on bond and awaiting a hearing that would determine whether he would be tried as an adult. If that happened, he faced the possibility of extremely severe penalties.
Instead of appearing in court, he cut off his ankle monitor, fled, and became a fugitive. While on the run, he recorded and filmed “The Race,” a song inspired by his legal troubles. The track famously opens with the line, “Fuck a beat, I was tryin’ to beat a case/But I ain’t beat that case—bitch, I did the race.”
The music video was released the same day authorities located and arrested him in New Jersey, cementing one of the most talked-about moments in modern rap history.
Almost overnight, the teenager gained national attention for rapping about life as a fugitive while actively evading authorities. The unusual circumstances surrounding “The Race” turned Tay-K into one of the most talked-about figures in hip-hop at the time.
The song’s popularity continued to grow, eventually earning a remix from Lil Yachty. McIntyre also received public support and recognition from several artists, including Lil Bibby and XXXTentacion, further fueling his rapid rise in the rap world.
The years that followed brought a series of legal setbacks for Tay-K. In 2019, he was convicted of murder in connection with the Mansfield home invasion case and sentenced to 55 years in prison. He was also found guilty on three aggravated robbery charges related to the same incident, though those sentences run concurrently with his murder sentence because he was a juvenile when the crimes occurred.
The San Antonio case remained unresolved until last year, when McIntyre was also convicted of murder in that matter and handed an 80-year prison sentence.
Despite those convictions, the legal battle did not end there. Tay-K appealed the ruling in the Mansfield case, but the Court of Appeals for the Second District of Texas upheld the original verdict in early 2021. Two years later, his request for a writ of habeas corpus — an effort to introduce new evidence and challenge the conviction — was also denied.
However, the fight over the San Antonio conviction is still ongoing. In May 2025, Tay-K filed an appeal centered on the testimony of one of his alleged accomplices, Joana Reyes. Reyes accepted a plea deal and ultimately pleaded guilty to tampering with evidence. During the trial, she testified that McIntyre fired the shot that killed photographer Mark Saldivar.
According to the appeal, prosecutors allegedly misrepresented Reyes’ criminal history by downplaying or denying prior legal issues while presenting her as a reliable witness. The filing argues that this created a misleading impression of her credibility and may have influenced the jury’s decision.
Court records show the appeal remains active, with Tay-K’s legal team scheduled to submit its formal brief by July 1.
As it stands, records from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice indicate that McIntyre has no scheduled release date. A department spokesperson told Complex that while she could not comment on the context of Kayla Beverly’s video, Tay-K remains incarcerated within the Texas prison system.
“He is not eligible for parole until 08/07/2049 and his sentence does not expire until 08/08/2099,” the spokesperson said.
For now, Beverly’s statement that her brother is “coming home” remains unexplained. Publicly available court records and ongoing legal proceedings offer no indication that his release is imminent. Until more information emerges, questions surrounding the comment remain unanswered, leaving observers to continue following the case of the now-25-year-old rapper whose rise to fame was closely tied to one of hip-hop’s most unusual stories.
