Rapper Kidd Creole denies Murder Charges
Kidd Creole was arrested earlier this August in connection with the fatal stabbing of a homeless man in midtown Manhattan at night.
Kidd, one of the founding members of the Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five (an 80’s hip-hop group), has been in police custody since the then. He was detained in New York.
Kidd’s alleged victim was later identified as a 55-year-old man named John Jolly, who had raped a woman some years back, served time in prison, and was without shelter before he was murdered.
Jolly previously stayed in the Bowery section of lower Manhattan, media reports confirm. He was arrested about 20 times on different charges.
Passersby who saw the deceased thought he was rat-arsed but not until police arrived and discovered he had stab wounds and was bleeding. He died while receiving treatments in hospital.
A report from gossip website TMZ claimed Kidd (full names Nathaniel Glover) was identified as the murderer through a security CCTV cam in the area.
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five was the first rap act inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They’re best known for the 1982 hit track The Message.
“Thirty years later rappers have become rock stars, movie stars, leaders, educators, philanthropists, even CEOs,” Beyonce’s husband said in his induction speech.
He continues, “None of this would have been possible without the work of these men.”
Kidd was in Manhattan Supreme Court where he pleaded not guilty to the murder charge on Wednesday. He allegedly had an encounter with the homeless man on his way to work on 1 August.
According to a criminal complaint obtained by ABC News, the accused “pulled out a knife that he had attached to his forearm with rubber bands and stabbed [Jolly] in the chest with the knife two times.”
He was remanded and ordered back into court for another trial on 6 September when his lawyers are expected for a possible bail application.
Kidd, who was working as a guard at a building near the location where he stabbed Jolly, earlier identified himself as the man during a first visit from investigators.
The 6-man music group founder admitted having fear that Jolly was about to rob him, so he fought in self defense.
The rapper also showed police where he discarded the weapon.
