Rapper Kidd Creole found guilty of manslaughter after anti-LGBTQ+ attack on homeless man
Rapper Kidd Creole was found guilty of manslaughter after killing a homeless man he assumed was gay. Back in August 2017, the 62-year-old, whose real name is Nathaniel Glover, stabbed John Jolly in Manhattan, New York.
According to a report from The Associated Press, the attack occurred after Jolly asked the rapper, “What’s up?” – which Glover interpreted as a flirtatious pass.
During the rapper’s trial on 26 March, his lawyer Scottie Celestin claimed his actions were in self-defence. “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?” he said. “His fear for his life was reasonable.” Celestin also told the jury that Jolly’s death was not the result of his two stab wounds but from the hospital’s use of the sedative benzodiazepine during treatment.
