Grandmaster Flash rapper Kidd Creole arrested in fatal stabbing
Kidd Creole, one of the founding members of the 1980s hip-hop group Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five, was arrested in New York in connection with the fatal stabbing of a homeless man.
The Associated Press reported that Nathaniel Glover, 57, also known as The Kidd Creole, was arrested Wednesday night on murder charges.
The stabbing happened in midtown Manhattan shortly before midnight on Monday.
Police told AP that the 55-year-old victim was found with multiple stab wounds to his torso. It’s not clear what sparked the stabbing.
Police described the victim, who lived in a shelter, as a level two sex offender. The victim’s identity was not immediately released.
Video shows a handcuffed Glover, his gray hair pulled back into a tightly-wound pony tail, being escorted out of a police precinct Wednesday night. TMZ.com reported that police used surveillance video to identify Creole.
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five is best known for their 1982 rap song, The Message. The group was formed in the late 1970s in the Bronx.
The Kidd Creole
The group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007, the first rap act to be inducted into the hall.
Rapper Jay-Z paid his respects at the time.
“Thirty years later rappers have become rock stars, movie stars, leaders, educators, philanthropists, even CEOs,” he said, reading his induction speech from his Blackberry. “None of this would have been possible without the work of these men.”
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