# Rapper & Convicted Murderer Tay-K Loves Olivia Rodrigo’s Music, Listens to Her Behind Bars: ‘I F–k With That S–t’

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/rapper-convicted-murderer-tay-k-loves-olivia-rodrigos-music-listens-to-her-behind-bars-i-f-k-with-that-s-t/
- Published: 2026-11-12T20:53:19+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-12T21:24:36+00:00
- Original publisher: Billboard
- Original article: https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/tay-k-loves-olivia-rodrigo-music-behind-bars-1236380502/
- Topics: Music

## Key points

- Tay-K says Olivia Rodrigo is among his favourite artists in prison.
- His listening has expanded to include rock and pop.
- His new album was recorded behind bars.

## Summary

Rapper Tay-K said in his first interview from prison that he enjoys Olivia Rodrigo’s music, describing her first album as a favourite and saying he had listened to her latest release. His eclectic listening habits have broadened in prison, where he has also discovered artists including Nirvana and Linkin Park.

Tay-K, whose legal name is Taymor Travon McIntyre, is serving concurrent 55-year and 80-year sentences in Texas for two murder convictions. He spoke to Complex ahead of Friday’s release of #MonstersUnderMyBed, his first album since 2017, recorded while incarcerated. Rodrigo’s third album, released in June, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 485,000 equivalent album units, according to Luminate.

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