17-year-old Texas rapper Tay-K (real name Taymor Travon McIntyre) has been buzzing online since 2015, but his recent single “The Race” has reached a much wider audience. The S.Diesel-produced song has nearly five million streams on Soundcloud and its music video has racked up over 10 million YouTube views. This sudden spike in his popularity is due in part to his real-life legal troubles, which he raps about on the song.

McIntyre is a suspect in the murder of Ethan Walker, a 21-year-old man who was killed during a July 2016 home invasion in Mansfield, Texas. The group who broke into Walker’s residence also stole drugs and money from the home, and McIntyre is accused of being involved in the crime.

He was put on house arrest but cut off his ankle monitor in March, fleeing alongside a second juvenile suspect in the case. They went to San Antonio and then Elizabeth, N.J. before eventually being caught by US Marshals on June 30. Details of his involvement with the case were first reported by The Star-Telegram. On the same day that he was recaptured, McIntyre dropped the video for “The Race” online.

The song addresses his decision to run from federal law enforcement, beginning with him referencing his case:

Fuck a beat, I was tryna beat a case

But I ain’t beat that case, bitch I did the race

“The race” references his flee from justice. It’s not clear exactly when it was recorded, but the song was first released on June 21 via SoundCloud, a little over a week before he was arrested in New Jersey. He raps about more illicit activities later in the same verse:

Pop a nigga then I go out my way

Do the dash then I go out the way

The Texas MC then shouts out Young Pappy, a Chicago drill rapper who was shot to death in May 2015:

Gotta go dat way, boy you not gon' be happy

I tote 50s, I’m a shooter like Young Pappy

McIntyre is currently in Tarrant County Jail in Fort Worth, Texas facing a Capital Murder charge. The young Texas MC is also a suspect in a separate murder investigation in San Antonio, but details of that case haven’t been made public because he’s currently charged as a juvenile. The Tarrant County Sheriff’s Department website lists the second charge as “hold for juvenile.”

It’s unclear if authorities have invoked the song in their case against McIntyre, but it would hardly be the first time that rap lyrics were used in a criminal trial. Artists like Lil Bibby, Lil Yachty, Playboi Carti, and XXXTENTACION have promoted “The Race” and expressed support for McIntyre on social media using #FreeTayK.

Watch the video above and read all the lyrics to Tay-K’s “The Race” on Genius now.