Kidd Creole, best known as a former member of Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, was found guilty of manslaughter in New York and sentenced to 16 years in prison on May 4, 2022.
Homophobia old motive
The rapper, whose real name is Nathaniel Glover, has been found guilty of the manslaughter of John Jolly. Glover stabbed Jolly twice in the chest with a steak knife on August 1, 2017 on a New York City street. Glover then fled the scene of the crime to his workplace, changed his clothes and dumped the murder weapon in a sewer. The victim was found by tourists and taken to a hospital. Only his death could be determined there.
Prosecutors accused Glover of stabbing Jolly because he thought Jolly was gay and was making moves on him:
“To tell you the truth, I thought he was gay. And because I thought he was gay and he said to me, ‘What’s wrong?’ I thought he thought I was gay,” Glover said in a taped interview with police.
“So I was a little upset about that. He approached me. I got a little nervous,” Glover said. “I then tried to step back a little and he came up to me and then I just took the knife and stabbed him. I wish I had never seen him. It’s all my fault because I chose to stab him. I have to take responsibility for it.”
Prosecutor speaks of shocking act of violence
“Glover committed a shocking act of violence,” prosecutor Bragg said in a statement. “This conviction makes it clear that my office holds people who commit violent crimes to full legal accountability. I thank the jury members for their attention to this case and their careful consideration.”
Glover was born in 1960. He grew up in the Bronx. With his brother Melvin (Melle Mel) and Keef Cowboy he founded the Three MC’s in 1978, which were produced by Grandmaster Flash. They recorded two singles with two other rappers, then renamed themselves Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five and recorded the EP SUPERAPPIN’. Two studio albums followed.