Founding member of Grandmaster Flash And The Furious Five, The Kidd Creole – real name Nathaniel Glover – has been sentenced to sixteen years in prison for the manslaughter of a homeless man.The rapper – not to be confused with the frontman of Kid Creole And The Coconuts – stabbed John Jolly twice in the chest with a steak knife during an altercation in August 2017, which began after Jolly approached Glover on a New York street.Glover told police that Jolly had said “what’s up” as he approached.
He assumed that Jolly was making a pass at him, stating: “I was a little annoyed by that. He approached me. I got a little nervous.
So then I tried to back up a little bit, and he moved forward, and then I just took the knife and stabbed him … I wish I never would have seen him”.Admitting that he had killed Jolly, he added: “It’s all my fault, because I chose to stab him.
I have to take responsibility for that”.However, in court Glover claimed that the stabbing was actually self-defence, telling the jury: “This is New York City.
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