Ex-American Rapper Convicted For Stabbing Homeless Man To Death

Former American rapper Kid Creole or better known as Nathaniel Glover in real life has been convicted of manslaughter in connection with the death of a homeless man.

The 62-year-old is accused of stabbing a homeless man identified as John Jolly in the chest with a steak knife on Aug. 1, 2017.

Creole allegedly stabbed the man twice in the chest after Jolly approached him at around midnight. The deceased reportedly came up to the former American rapper at that time and said “What’s up?”

At the time, Glover was on his way to work. An angle of self-defense was raised with the rapper’s lawyer, Scottie Celestin, arguing that his client was acting in self-defense.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is New York City. It's 12 o'clock at night. Who's saying 'What's up?' to you with good intentions? His fear for his life was reasonable," Celestin said to the jury in a report from ABC7 New York.

The conviction comes more than a week after the trial began in New York City.

"Nathaniel Glover committed a shocking act of violence," Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said. "This conviction makes clear my office will hold people who commit violent crime accountable to the full extent of the law."

The jury was also told by assistant District Attorney Mark Dahl that Glover confessed to police that he had not stabbed the man in self-defense. Rather, he did so because Kid Creole thought the homeless man was hitting on him.

"The defendant confessed to pulling out a kitchen knife and repeatedly thrusting it into the body of a stranger on the street, killing him," Dahl said. "Was there anything that would prevent him from simply running away from Mr. Jolly? No."

Glover is set to be sentenced on May 4 per a report from the Associated Press.

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