Kidd Creole, Member of Pioneering Rap Group, Is Convicted in 2017 Killing

A Bronx man finest generally known as a founding member of the pioneering rap group Grandmaster Flash and the Livid 5 was convicted of manslaughter on Wednesday within the deadly stabbing of a homeless man on a Midtown Manhattan sidewalk 5 years in the past.

The person, Nathaniel Glover, who carried out beneath the identify Kidd Creole, was discovered responsible after a trial by which prosecutors described to the jury how, whereas on his approach to work in August 2017, Mr. Glover had killed the homeless man, John Jolly, 55, throughout an argument on East forty third Road.

The episode started as Mr. Glover handed Mr. Jolly on the road and the 2 exchanged phrases, in keeping with prosecutors. Mr. Glover turned, approached Mr. Jolly and met him chest to chest earlier than stabbing him twice within the torso with a steak knife, prosecutors stated.

After a bunch of vacationers discovered Mr. Jolly crumpled on the bottom, he was taken to a hospital, the place he died on account of the stab wounds, prosecutors stated. Mr. Glover rushed two blocks to the place he was working on the time, modified his garments and cleaned the knife in a sink, prosecutors stated.

About quarter-hour later, prosecutors stated, Mr. Glover left his office, obtained on the subway and dumped the knife in a sewer close to a Bronx subway station, the place it was later discovered by the police. He was arrested the following day.

“Nathaniel Glover dedicated a stunning act of violence,” Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan district legal professional, stated in a press release. “This conviction makes clear my workplace will maintain individuals who commit violent crime accountable to the complete extent of the regulation.”

Mr. Glover’s lawyer, Scottie Celestin, didn’t instantly reply to a request for touch upon the decision.

On the time of Mr. Glover’s arrest, the authorities stated the lethal encounter, which was captured on safety video, had begun as a result of Mr. Glover believed Mr. Jolly was making a sexual advance when he stated, “What’s up?” as Mr. Glover handed him. Mr. Glover, prosecutors stated, believed the remark indicated that Mr. Jolly thought he was homosexual.

Mr. Glover, beneath his stage identify, was among the many members of Grandmaster Flash and the Livid 5 who have been inducted into the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame in 2007 — the primary rap group to realize that distinction.

The group is taken into account among the many most influential of hip-hop’s early practitioners. Their 1982 track “The Message” is among the first within the style to have addressed social points, describing the difficulties of being poor and dwelling within the ghetto. It has lengthy been considered one in every of hip-hop’s best compositions and has had a serious impression on generations of artists that adopted.

Mr. Glover, 61, is scheduled to be sentenced on Might 4.