Kay Flock

Perez was born on April 20, 2003, in the Bronx, New York City; he is half Dominican and Puerto Rican.[3] He later described the area he grew up in as "dangerous". Perez‘s half brother on his father's side is fellow Bronx drill rapper JoWvttz, named Johnny Hernandez.[4] Career edit Kay Flock began his music career in May 2020, issuing his first single, "FTO";[5] other songs that he released following this included "Opp Spotter" (featuring B-Lovee), "Brotherly Love" (featuring B-Lovee and Dougie B) and "PSA".[6] Kay Flock released his debut mixtape, The D.O.A. Tape, on November 5, 2021, which peaked at number one on the Heatseekers charts. In August, he released "Is Ya Ready"; the song was named within journalist Jon Caramanica's top 28 songs of 2021.[7] He later released "Being Honest",[8] which samples "Changes" by XXXTentacion.[9] The song was said to be "reminiscent of G Herbo" and was named within Pitchfork's top 38 rap songs of 2021 and top 100 songs of 2021.[9][10] A remix of the song, featuring G Herbo, was released in November.[11] In October, he was featured on "Not in the Mood" by Lil Tjay, which also featured Fivio Foreign.[12] The song peaked at number 61 on the Billboard Hot 100. In November, Kay Flock was named Billboard's Hip Hop Rookie of the Month.[13] During an interview with XXL, he stated that his style of rapping was compared to King Von and Pop Smoke,[6] with Asian Doll saying that Von would have been a fan of Kay Flock.[14] In April 2022, Kay Flock released "Shake It" with Dougie B and Cardi B, featuring Bory300;[15] it peaked at number 51 on the Billboard Hot 100. The track was leaked months prior, although the leaked version of the song featured Yonkers rapper Mula Gzz, whose verse was replaced with Cardi’s.[16] Legal issues edit When Perez was 15, he was charged with third degree robbery and received 1 year probation. On November 12, 2021, Perez was arrested for having an illegal weapon (gun), but the case has never been adjudicated,