Kay Flock was sentenced to 25 years in prison today after being found guilty in a RICO gang case earlier this year.
According to Inner City Press senior reporter Matthew Russell Lee, the Bronx rapper was sentenced to 300 months in prison, or 25 years in prison, by U.S. District Judge Lewis J. Liman on Tuesday (December 16). The sentencing standard is 480 months, and the consecutive sentence must not be less than 10 years.
Judge Leaman told Kay Flock he was responsible for four shootings and seven victims. “You’re lucky that no one is killed in these situations,” Liman said. “I’m not considering the shooting of the victim. These crimes are part of a pattern that is going to continue.”
Cadence was charged with the February 2023 shooting death of Huasca Hernandez in New York City. Kay Flock was acquitted of first-degree murder in that case in March, but a jury found him guilty of racketeering conspiracy, attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon in furtherance of a racketeering charge, as well as a discharge of a firearm in a federal indictment.
Before sentencing, Liman said Kai 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 it requires the harshest punishment a court can impose.” The judge also said he did not hear the drill artist express sympathy for the victims of the shooting and did not “understand what you did.”
Kay Flock was given the opportunity to address the court and took it. “The person I was at 18 is not the person I am today,” he said. “I feel like this journey has made me grow as a man. I grew up in a tough place. I started raising a family when I was 12 years old. I was just a kid and I really didn’t know any better. I found God. I feel like sometimes you have to walk through the darkness to find life. I could’ve been dead. That’s what I’m saying.”
Kay Flock has been in custody since turning himself in in December 2021 for Hernandez’s murder.
