Drill rapper Kay Flock convicted on RICO, conspiracy charges

Bronx drill rapper Kay Flock was discovered responsible of a number of federal expenses this week in relation to a 2021 deadly capturing within the Bronx, together with tried homicide — however discovered a lot to brag about.

“I beat the highest depend,” the rapper, born Kevin Perez, boasted in an Instagram publish. “I made the choose cry. He stated now he not drive to provide me life.”

“By no means fold, by no means will,” he continued.

Perez is about to be sentenced on July 16.

The rapper and 7 of his associates have been alleged to have been behind a sequence of shootings that unfolded within the Bronx between 2020 and 2022, and resulted within the homicide of 24-year-old Hwascar Hernandez.

Hernandez was gunned down outdoors of a Harlem barbershop on Dec. 16, 2021.

He was shot within the neck and again after attempting to flee the barber store.

Perez’s protection workforce argued the capturing was performed in self-defense.

Jurors returned their verdict Thursday following two days of deliberations.

Perez was convicted of racketeering conspiracy, use of a firearm leading to dying, tried homicide, assault with a harmful weapon in help of racketeering, use of a firearm for tried homicide, and assault with a harmful weapon.

The rapper “was the chief of a neighborhood road gang often known as Sev Facet / DOA, and with that gang, he dedicated a sequence of gang-motivated shootings,” stated Appearing U.S. Lawyer Matthew Podolsky in a press release.

“Perez, a drill rapper, instilled concern throughout the neighborhood along with his violent actions, after which threatened rivals, bragged about shootings, and taunted victims in his rap lyrics,” Podolsky added. “However as a unanimous jury has now discovered, Perez can not disguise behind his music, and as an alternative will probably be held to account for his violent crimes.

“Due to the laborious work of the profession prosecutors of this Workplace and our regulation enforcement companions, the cycle of violence that Perez engaged in is over,” he continued.

“This Workplace stays resolute in its dedication to prosecuting gang members who sow concern and unfold violence on our metropolis streets.”