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-Lurid Crime Tales-
1980s rapper Kidd Creole aka Nathaniel Glover arrested in fatal stabbing
2017-08-03
[newstimes] NEW YORK (AP) -- 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, police said.

Nathaniel Glover, 57, also known as The Kidd Creole, was arrested Wednesday night on murder charges. Information on his lawyer wasn't immediately available.

The stabbing happened in midtown Manhattan shortly before midnight on Monday. Police said 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 2 sex offender. His identity has not yet been 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.

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 group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007, the first rap act to be inducted into the hall.
Update from the Daily Mail at 10:50 a.m. EDT:
Police say Glover got into a fight with the 55-year-old man.

Glover reportedly thought Jolly, who is a convicted rapist, was hitting on him, sourced told the NY Daily News.
Posted by:Besoeker

#2  If Grandmaster Flash were less long in the tooth, we might have an NFL prospect.
Posted by: JohnQC   2017-08-03 09:43  

#1  Public Service Homicide (PSH).
Posted by: Besoeker   2017-08-03 07:45  

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