More details are coming to light regarding the arrest on Monday, January 16, of "Tax Season" podcast host Taxstone.
The New York Times reports that a federal complaint against Taxstone, born, Daryl Campbell, indicates that his DNA was found on the trigger, hand grip and magazine of the 9-millimeter Kel-Tec semiautomatic handgun used in the May 25, 2016 shooting at Irving Plaza in New York City, that left Ronald McPhatter dead and three people wounded, including rapper Troy Ave injured.
Tax allegedly had the weapon before entering the green room backstage during the T.I. concert. After the shooting, he reportedly flees with Troy chasing him while firing the Kel-Tec.
As we previously reported, U.S. Marshals New York, New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force and the New York Police Department arrested Taxstone Monday morning at his aunt's home in Brooklyn, New York.
He faces federal weapon possession charges and is scheduled to appear in federal court Tuesday, January 17.
“We look forward to reading the complaint from the government," Tax's attorney Ken Montgomery told the New York Daily News. “He’s doing as best he can for anybody charged with a federal crime. He’s a smart young man, and he’s concerned about his family, like anyone would be.”
The Troy Ave/Taxstone beef dates back at least five years. In a 2015 interview with Baller Alert, the podcaster details why he has an issue with the BSB Records CEO.
“I think his music is mediocre, and he, like, tried to portray this image that he was making greater music than everybody in the city when he wasn’t,” Tax said at the time. "You know, it was like a time when Bobby Shmurda was the hottest person in the city. [Troy] was trying to say he was the best. I had to, like, be the person to interrupt that. I just feel he’s, like, a fraud rapper, like he never was a drug dealer.”
Troy is currently free on $500,000 bail after being arrested in connection with concert shooting. He pleaded not guilty to charges of attempted murder and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon.
He claims that he fired the weapon in self defense after wrestling it away from his attacker. His lawyers say their client "is the victim."
Tax denies any involvement in the shooting.
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