Kay Flock has been sentenced to 30 years in prison.
Back in March, the NYC rapper, whose real name is Kevin Perez, was convicted of a range of serious crimes including racketeering conspiracy, attempted murder, and assault with a deadly weapon in aid of racketeering, all of it related to his activities with the gang Sev Side/DOA, based on East 187th Street in the Bronx. Tuesday, the office of Jay Clayton, US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced Perez’s sentencing. The sentence was handed down by US District Judge Lewis J. Liman.
Clayton shared this statement:
Kevin Perez used violence and fame to fuel fear and intimidation across the Bronx. Perez and his gang members carried out a string of shootings that struck both rival gang members and innocent bystanders. Perez also used his platform as a prominent rapper to celebrate his violence: threatening his rivals, bragging about his shootings, and taunting his victims. His brazen actions unleashed a series of back-and-forth retaliatory shootings that killed and injured far too many people in the Bronx. Thanks to the hard work of the women and men of this Office and our law enforcement partners, today’s sentence brings New Yorkers what they want: violent, gun-toting gang leaders off our streets.
In addition to his prison term, Perez was sentenced to five years of supervised release. He was a key figure in the early 2020s Bronx drill scene, most famously teaming with Cardi B on the song “Shake It.”
