Newly released 911 audio details how Tay Keith’s girlfriend contacted the Metro Nashville Police Department after more than 24 hours without hearing from him, describing breathing complications and high blood pressure. The dispatch audio also captures her atte
For more than 24 hours, Tay Keith’s girlfriend says she couldn’t reach him—and in newly released 911 audio, the Metro Nashville Police Department hears why she believed a wellness check was necessary.
The recording. released after reports about Tay Keith’s passing. captures her concern as she called to request that someone check on the producer. In the audio, she explained that it had been over 24 hours since she had heard from him. She also told dispatch that he “sometimes” has breathing complications and that he suffers from high blood pressure.
She further described the moment her worry escalated. Keith had asked her to come over, but “suddenly,” she stopped hearing from him. After that, she said she kept calling and texting him since the previous day—then went to his home herself.
“I came back to check last night… knocking on the door, no answer. So I’m back here now and still, no answer,” she said in the audio.
The timeline matters because it comes alongside reports that Tay Keith had already been found deceased in his apartment in Nashville, Tennessee. Those reports surfaced on June 18, with claims that no foul play was suspected.
Once the news circulated, grief poured into social media. The Shade Room previously reported that users flooded TSR’s comment section with reactions to his music and the way his name appears in songs. Instagram user @prettychaoss__ wrote. “The intro to all the best songs 💔💔 so young.” Instagram user @secretlykiyah added. “Every time I heard his name in a song. I knew it was gonna be good 💔”.
The sequence spelled out in the audio—over 24 hours without contact, a wellness-check request, and repeated attempts to reach him after knocking on the door with no answer—lands with weight as the public continues to process the sudden news of his death at age 29.
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