{"id":38583,"date":"2017-08-03T12:07:31","date_gmt":"2017-08-03T12:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=38583"},"modified":"2017-08-03T12:07:31","modified_gmt":"2017-08-03T12:07:31","slug":"grandmaster-flash-rapper-kidd-creole-arrested-in-fatal-stabbing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/entertainment\/grandmaster-flash-rapper-kidd-creole-arrested-in-fatal-stabbing.html","title":{"rendered":"Grandmaster Flash rapper Kidd Creole arrested in fatal stabbing"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Grandmaster Flash rapper Kidd Creole arrested in fatal stabbing<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The Associated Press reported that Nathaniel Glover, 57, also known as The Kidd Creole, was arrested Wednesday night on murder charges.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The stabbing happened in midtown Manhattan shortly before midnight on Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Police told AP that the 55-year-old victim was found with multiple stab wounds to his torso. It&#8217;s not clear what sparked the stabbing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Police described the victim, who lived in a shelter, as a level two sex offender. The victim&#8217;s identity was not immediately released.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five is best known for their 1982 rap song, The Message. 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