The Kidd Creole: Hip hop pioneer convicted of 2017 manslaughter
Rapper went on trial last month for the fatal stabbing of a homeless man
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Your support makes all the difference.Hip hop pioneer The Kidd Creole was convicted of manslaughter on Wednesday (6 April), for the fatal stabbing of a homeless man in New York City.
The 61-year-old rapper – real name Nathaniel Glover – was on trial last month for stabbing John Jolly twice in the torso with a steak knife in August 2017.
Manhattan prosecutors claimed that the two men shared a two-word exchange before Glover approached Jolly and stabbed him.
When a group of tourists found Jolly on the ground, he was taken to the hospital where he later succumbed to his injuries.
Glover ran a couple of blocks to where he worked at the time, before cleaning the knife in a sink and changing out of his clothes, prosecutors said.
After about 15 minutes, Glover left work and rode the subway, disposing of the knife in a sewer close to a Bronx station.
The knife was later found by police and Glover was arrested the following day.
The Manhattan district attorney released a statement, saying: “Nathaniel Glover committed a shocking act of violence. This conviction makes clear my office will hold people who commit violent crime accountable to the full extent of the law.”
His sentencing is scheduled for 4 May.
Glover was part of the Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, a seminal Hip Hop group who were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2007.
This article was amended on 8 April 2022 to remove a photograph of somebody unconnected with these matters.