Key Takeaways
- Tay-K thanked Comethazine in his first interview in nearly a decade, calling him the only rapper who has ever put money on his prison account.
- Tay-K credited fans as his only consistent support, saying, “I don't really need no rappers” or “big industry looks.”
- His album Monsters Under My Bed arrives Nov. 13, featuring music he created through phone sessions with producers while serving concurrent 55- and 80-year prison sentences.
Tay-K is publicly thanking Comethazine from behind bars, naming him as the only rapper to ever load money onto his prison account.
The shoutout came during Tay-K’s exclusive interview with Complex News, published on Wednesday (Nov. 11), making it the 26-year-old rapper’s first interview in nearly a decade.
When Jordan Rose asked who had really stood by him while he was locked up, Tay-K picked out Comethazine.
“I actually fuck with Comethazine too, bro,” he said near the 19-minute mark in the video linked above. “Like out of everybody, I ain't going to front, bro. Really the only rapper that has ever actually put money on my account or like done anything. So, I appreciate that.”
Tay-K said he was sent $500 and that he “never forgot about that shit.”
He went on to share love for Kodak Black and said he has talked with T.I., Pi'erre Bourne, and Playboi Carti, though Tay-K says he and Carti haven't spoken in about six years.
In the end, though, he said his fans are the one constant he can count on.
“The one thing that has been consistent is the people, bro. So I don't really need no rappers, bro. I don't need no big industry looks. I don't need none of that shit, fam,” Tay-K said. “I appreciate the people, I appreciate my fans, I appreciate my supporters. I appreciate everybody that kind of just is rooting for Tay-K.”
He continued, “Sometimes even when you talk about fans, it kind of get the waters get muddy on who is like really a supporter. But I appreciate everybody that's always … speaking on our behalf in a positive way, bro. I'm thankful for that.”
The interview arrives roughly a year after Tay-K was moved to state prison. Before that he spent eight years in county jail.
Tay-K, whose real name is Taymor McIntyre, is serving 55 years over a 2016 robbery in which 21-year-old Ethan Walker was killed. In 2025, he got an 80-year sentence for the April 2017 killing of photographer Mark Anthony Saldivar, 23, to run concurrently. That case is on appeal.
His new album Monsters Under My Bed, created from over-the-phone sessions with producers, hits all streaming platforms on Friday (Nov. 13).
Watch Tay-K’s full exclusive interview with Complex News up top.
