kidd creole

Hip-hop pioneer Kidd Creole was sentenced Wednesday to 16 years in state prison for the 2017 stabbing death of a homeless man on a midtown Manhattan street, prosecutors said.

Nathaniel Glover, better known as Kidd Creole, a founding member of Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five, was found guilty of manslaughter last month in the 2017 stabbing death of John Jolly on a midtown Manhattan street.

Prosecutors said Nathanial Glover, better known as Kidd Creole who was a founding member of the rap group Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, stabbed a man after becoming enraged because he thought the victim was gay and hitting on him.

A Manhattan jury found rapper Kidd Creole, a founding member of rap group Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five, guilty of manslaughter Wednesday in connection with the 2017 fatal stabbing of a homeless man on the street.

The trial of rapper Kidd Creole has begun in New York City with his lawyer telling a jury it was self-defense when the hip-hop pioneer stabbed a homeless man to death in 2017