Adam22 Says Tay-K Was Sent To Solitary Confinement Over "No Jumper" Interview

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A ten-minute interview got the young rapper into a bit of trouble.

So many young rappers who have been riding their waves over the last couple of years have found themselves on the wrong side of the law in 2019. Kodak Black is currently behind bars in Florida, former SOB x RBE rapper Lul-G is facing 25 to life for first-degree murder, NBA YoungBoy is reportedly on probation on charges that he assaulted his ex-girlfriend, YNW Melly is in jail accused of murdering two of his friends, and Tay-K was recently sentenced to 55 years in prison for murder and robbery.

No Jumper's Adam22 talked about the latter case with VladTV as they discussed artists who have run-ins with the law. Adam revealed that in the early days of Tay-K's legal issues as the young rapper was locked up, a conversation he had with Adam got him sequestered to solitary confinement. "I did like a ten-minute interview with him on the phone in prison," Adam said. "The only really unfortunate thing about that is that—well, so, his management was there. His management lined up the Tay K, Blocboy [JB] song, his management lined up the phone interview 'cause we did the phone interview roughly the time the song came out just to sort of promote it. His management said, 'We want to review the interview before we put it out.'"

Adam didn't have a problem with that. "They review it, they hit me back, they say yeah it's fine.  You can put it out," he said, noting that there was a small remark they wanted him to take out because it could have implicated one of his managers for harboring a fugitive. "The interview comes out [and] Tay-K gets thrown in solitary a couple days later because in the interview—and I didn't even think about because in my head the impetus is off me to remove anything from the interview because the management said they were gonna remove it. The management did not ask me to remove the part where we talked about him having an iPad. So, then he gets in solitary, all kinds of additional charges and sh*t because he had a f*ckin' iPad and he's just in jail using the iPad."

The No Jumper host said he questioned if "there were adults in the room" who were truly paying attention to the interview because no one recognized that this would be a problem. Because he was just conducting an interview and not looking for those sorts of troublesome inclusions, Adam claimed he didn't think of removing it himself. "It didn't really register to me that he had just said that," Adam stated. "It's all water under the bridge because he's doing however many decades in jail that has nothing to do with that, but that did happen." Watch his clip below.

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Since 2019, Erika Marie has worked as a journalist for HotNewHipHop, covering music, film, television, art, fashion, politics, and all things regarding entertainment. With 20 years in the industry under her belt, Erika Marie moved from a writer on the graveyard shift at HNHH to becoming a Features Editor, highlighting long-form content and interviews with some of Hip Hop’s biggest stars. She has had the pleasure of sitting down with artists and personalities like DJ Jazzy Jeff, Salt ’N Pepa, Nick Cannon, Rah Digga, Rakim, Rapsody, Ari Lennox, Jacquees, Roxanne Shante, Yo-Yo, Sean Paul, Raven Symoné, Queen Naija, Ryan Destiny, DreamDoll, DaniLeigh, Sean Kingston, Reginae Carter, Jason Lee, Kamaiyah, Rome Flynn, Zonnique, Fantasia, and Just Blaze—just to name a few. In addition to one-on-one chats with influential public figures, Erika Marie also covers content connected to the culture. She’s attended and covered the BET Awards as well as private listening parties, the Rolling Loud festival, and other events that emphasize established and rising talents. Detroit-born and Long Beach (CA)-raised, Erika Marie has eclectic music taste that often helps direct the interests she focuses on here at HNHH. She finds it necessary to report on cultural conversations with respect and honor those on the mic and the hardworking teams that help get them there. Moreover, as an advocate for women, Erika Marie pays particular attention to the impact of femcees. She sits down with rising rappers for HNHH—like Big Jade, Kali, Rubi Rose, Armani Caesar, Amy Luciani, and Omerettà—to gain their perspectives on a fast-paced industry.