Tay-K, a popular rapper from Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, has been sentenced to 80 years in prison for the 2017 murder of Mark Anthony Saldivar, a photographer from San Antonio.

Taymour McIntyre was a rapper best known for his 2017 single “The Race” was convicted of murder for a second time after a jury found him guilty.

McIntyre recorded “The Race” while he was on the run from authorities for the home invasion.

The sentencing has sparked discussions regarding the severity of juvenile sentencing and the nature of the crime committed

McIntyre faces up to life in prison with the possibility of parole for the killing of 23-year-old Saldivar, he had already been serving a 55-year sentence over a separate fatal shooting.

Prosecutors said the Texan rapper shot Saldivar after trying to rob him. Authorities said McIntyre had picked up Saldivar, who was a photographer, in a car after asking him to take photos of the rapper for a new song.

McIntyre’s attorneys alleged the case relied too much on self-serving statements from witnesses in the car when the shooting happened.

“Taymor McIntyre is not guilty of capital murder, murder, or manslaughter, and the reason for that is very simple,” John Hunter, one of McIntyre’s attorneys, told jurors during closing arguments last week. “You have to do it right. You have to do the work. And this case clearly demonstrates the work wasn’t done.”

The jury found McIntyre not guilty of capital murder, which would have meant a life sentence without the chance of parole.

McIntyre was also convicted in 2019 for the shooting death of 21-year-old Ethan Walker during a home invasion in 2016 in Mansfield, southeast of Fort Worth, Texas.