Kay Flock Found Guilty In RICO Case

Kay Flock has been found guilty after being accused of multiple violent crimes a jury delivered “mostly—but not all—guilty verdicts” in the trial where prosecutors alleged he 21-year-old rapper he led the Bronx Sev Side gang.

“This case is not really against Kevin Perez. It is against Kay Flock. It is US versus drill rap…,” claimed the defense. The artist, whose legal name is Kevin Perez, was found guilty of racketeering conspiracy, use of a firearm resulting in death, attempted murder and assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering, and the use of a firearm for attempted murder and assault with a dangerous weapon. He was acquitted on a charge of murder in aid of racketeering. Perez faces a mandatory life sentence at his July 16 sentencing. The platform noted that the rapper’s visuals and lyrics were introduced as evidence with one video “Who Really Bugging,” standing out. The video was used in the trial as allegedly referencing a real-life shooting. “Kevin Perez, aka ‘Kay Flock,’ was the leader of a neighborhood street gang known as Sev Side / DOA, and with that gang, he committed a series of gang-motivated shootings. Perez, a drill rapper, instilled fear across the community with his violent actions, and then threatened rivals, bragged about shootings, and taunted victims in his rap lyrics,” said acting U.S. Attorney Matthew Podolsky in a statement following the guilty verdict. “But as a unanimous jury has now found, Perez can no longer hide behind his music and instead will be held to account for his violent crimes. Thanks to the hard work of the career prosecutors of this Office and our law enforcement partners, the cycle of violence that Perez engaged in is over

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