NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Kidd Creole, the 57-year-old founding member of the early hip-hop group Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, argued self-defense for stabbing a homeless man to death in 2017 at the start of his trial in Manhattan criminal court on Friday.
Prosecutors say the rapper, whose real name is Nathaniel Glover, stabbed John Jolly twice in the chest because he believed the homeless man was gay and hitting on him, ABC News reported.
Glover was walking to his job at a Manhattan copy shop just before midnight on Aug. 1, 2017 when Jolly said “What’s up?” to him, according to police.
“It’s 12 o’clock at night. This is New York. Ladies and gentleman,” Glover’s lawyer told the jury. “His fear for his life was reasonable. He knew this man didn’t have good intentions.”
Glover’s attorneys also argued Jolly died of a drug overdose. Not the stab wounds.
Prosecutors say Glover confessed to stabbing Jolly due to a suspicion that he was gay and hitting on him.
Witness testimony started after opening statements, Rolling Stone reported. The trial resumes Monday.
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five were the first hip-hop group to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The group was made famous by hit songs like ‘The Message’ and ‘White Lines.’
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