Lil Baby signee Dirty Tay has received a sentence of 17 years in prison after a shooting in 2022 that left a toddler fighting for his life.
According to court documents obtained by HipHopDX, the aspiring rapper (real name Kentavious Wright) was officially sent to prison on April 26 after he took a plea deal. The charge — originally a capital felony, making him eligible for the death penalty if convicted of the top count — was reduced to a lesser felony, meaning he only has to serve 17 years behind bars.
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It is unclear whether Dirty Tay will be eligible for parole before the sentence is up.
Check out the docket below.
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Dirty Tay released two albums, Way Bigger on the Low and Too Turnt Up, on Lil Baby’s 4PF label in 2020, with his songs “Beast” and “Don’t Wanna Do It” racking up over a million streams each on Spotify.
The shooting took place on August 3, 2022, and involved a man and his three-year-old son being shot at while leaving the Off the Hook barbershop in southwest Atlanta.
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According to police, the father and son were driving down Peters Street when a Kia did a U-turn and began to follow them. The car pulled up alongside the passenger side at an intersection and multiple shots were fired, resulting in the child being struck in the head.
The father estimated five shots were fired before the suspect drove to a fire station, with three 9mm shell casings being found at the scene of the crime. The child was rushed to the hospital and was stabilized hours after the shooting.
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Dirty Tay denied his involvement in the shooting in a post to his Instagram Stories. “I’m innocent the news is not always right don’t bash me because of allegations,” he wrote.
According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, police arrested 24-year-old Dirty Tay (real name Kentavious Wright) during a traffic stop on August 19, 2022, and booked him into the Fulton County Jail on a dozen counts.
The charges include a criminal attempt to commit murder, aggravated assault, first-degree cruelty to children, and three counts of committing offenses listed in Georgia’s Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act with the intent to gain membership or increase his status in a criminal street gang.
Officers took Dirty Tay into custody alongside his girlfriend, who was found with a gun that police say belonged to the rapper. The arrest was caught on body-worn camera footage.
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Lil Baby has not commented on the sentencing.
