Tay-K Reveals He ‘Loves’ Olivia Rodrigo, Discovered Nirvana and Linkin Park While in Prison

Tay-K has been expanding his musical interests while behind bars.

In an interview with Jordan Rose for Complex News, Tay-K shared that officers exposed him to different genres of music during his time in county jail.

“You have the officers when I was in the county, they’ll come in and they’ll have a speaker and they’ll play their own music and shit like that,” he said. “That kinda opened up my ear to different types of music that I hadn’t heard before. Like, Linkin Park, Nirvana. That kinda opened my eyes.”

“I love all music,” Tay-K added. “If I told you the shit I listen to, you wouldn’t expect none of it. I ain’t gonna lie.”

When asked by Rose to list a few artists that he has in his rotation, the rapper started off by revealing his current favorite album is from the duo Loaded Honey.

“I fuck with Rio [da Yung OG],” he said. “I listen to FattMack. I like the ‘Smaxk or Die’ song by Fatt Smaxk. I fuck with Olivia Rodrigo.”

Taken aback by this revelation, Rose pressed a bit further about his interest in Rodrigo’s music. “I love Olivia Rodrigo,” he responded.

Tay-K recalled initially having to listen to music through the phone, which he hated because the sound was “super distorted.” When he got moved to county jail, the rapper said he was accidentally given a smart TV, allowing him to access music off YouTube.

“Now I got a tablet,” he said.

Tay-K is gearing up for the release of #MonstersUnderMyBed, his first full-length release in nearly a decade. According to a press release, Tay-K hopes the release will "reclaim his right to artistic expression that was manipulated by the justice system.”