UPDATE, MAY 4: Rapper Kidd Creole was sentenced today to 16 years in prison for the stabbing death of a homeless man. The 61-year-old, real name is Nathaniel Glover, killed John Jolly, a 55-year-o…
The Furious Five, from left, Scorpio, Melle Mel, Kidd Creole, and Rahiem appear in the press room at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, Rapper Kidd Creole was sentenced today to 16 years in prison for the stabbing death of a homeless man.“A life is a life, whether the person is homeless, whether the person is a CEO,” said Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Michele Rodney. “Within seconds … Mr. Jolly’s life was changed forever.”“You didn’t know him,” she told Glover.
The rapper is claiming self-defense in the case. Creole allegedly stabbed John Jolly twice in the chest with a steak knife after becoming enraged because, his lawyer said, he thought Jolly was gay and hitting on him. “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?” Creole’s lawyer, Scottie Celestin, told the jury. “His fear for his life was reasonable.”