Kidd Creole has been sentenced to 16 years in jail for a deadly stabbing that occurred in 2017.

On Wednesday (Might 4), Kidd Creole, born Nathaniel Glover, appeared in New York State Supreme courtroom the place he was instructed he would spend 16 years in jail for the stabbing loss of life of 55-year-old John Jolly, in accordance with courtroom paperwork obtained by XXL.

“Mr. Jolly’s loss of life was devastating to his household and those that knew him,” Manhattan District Legal professional Alvin L. Bragg, Jr. stated in courtroom throughout the sentencing. “Each life we lose to violent crime ripples all through our total metropolis, and we are going to proceed to make sure everybody in our borough can stay their lives with the sense of security and safety they deserve. This case makes clear that if you happen to commit violent crime, we are going to maintain you accountable, and I thank our workforce for his or her exhausting work reaching justice on this matter.”

Kidd Creole, 62, was initially charged with second-degree homicide in reference to Jolly’s loss of life again in August of 2017. The lads encountered one another on East forty third Road between Lexington and Third Avenues in Midtown, N.Y. on Aug. 1, 2017. An argument ensued and Kidd Creole stabbed Jolly twice within the torso with a steak knife. Jolly, who was homeless, was found minutes later by a gaggle of vacationers and transported to a close-by hospital the place he later died. Police say Kidd Creole fled the scene to his place of business, modified garments and discarded the knife in a sewer close to a Bronx, N.Y. subway after cleansing the weapon.

Following his arrest, the Grandmaster Flash and the Livid 5 rapper defined to the police that he thought Jolly was propositioning him or needed to rob him. The identical month, Kidd Creole pleaded not responsible to the costs. The trial for the case started in late March. Kidd Creole was discovered responsible of manslaughter within the first diploma on April 6. When the rapper will get out of jail, he can be below 5 years of post-release supervision.