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Rap icon Kidd Creole charged with murder for homophobic attack

the rapper was a founding member of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five

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7 years ago

August 4, 2017

Mariah Cooper

(Screenshot via YouTube.)

Kidd Creole, a founding member of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, has been charged with murder for stabbing a homeless man who he thought was hitting on him.

The New York Daily News reports that Creole, real name Nathanial Glover, was on his way to his security and maintenance job in midtown Manhattan when he had a run-in with 55-year-old John Jolly, a homeless man and registered sex offender.

Reportedly, Jolly was drunk and made comments that Glover interpreted as hitting on him. Glover then stabbed Jolly twice.

“They had no prior relationship,” a source told the New York Daily News. “They had words. Things got out of hand. It was some sort of diss.”

“He turned, interpreting that the guy was making an advance toward him,” the source continued. “One thing led to another, and he shivved him twice in the chest.”

Jolly was taken to Bellevue Hospital Center where he died. In 1997 he was convicted for beating and raping a woman. He served five years in prison and another three years for a weapons charge.

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five is best known for their 1982 song, “The Message.” They were the first rap act inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2007.

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The event will be co-hosted by Birdie and Butchie, who have invited some of their favorite bent winos, D.C. “D-listers,” former Senate staffers, and other stars to sashay down the lavender carpet for the selfie-strewn party of the year.

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The annual White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner is set for Saturday, April 27 at the Washington Hilton with Colin Jost serving as emcee.

President Biden is scheduled to speak and numerous celebrities are expected around D.C. all weekend for related parties and events.

The Washington Blade is the only LGBTQ outlet that is a member of the Association and is hosting a table of VIPs, including actor Billy Porter and Congressman Robert Garcia (D-Calif.).

“We look forward to the Dinner each year to celebrate our press freedoms and to thank a range of allies and supporters for their work on behalf of the LGBTQ movement,” said Blade Editor Kevin Naff.