He disposed of the weapon in a sewer at the Bronx subway station about 15 minutes later. Glover, who had been living by himself in a Bronx apartment near the copy shop where he worked, said he thought he was going to be “exonerated” and that he feels “at a certain point the trust of all of this will be revealed,” per the New York Post.Īfter the stabbing, he reportedly fled the scene and went to his office, where he washed the knife. I’ve been slandered and all this made me seem as if I am a person who actually has no remorse and no repentance.” I’ve been portrayed as a callous and senseless …which is far from the person who I am. “I’m very disappointed in the way that that this whole situation played out. At his sentencing, the artist condemned his reputation as a killer, saying: Glover pleaded not guilty, with his attorneys having argued that he lashed out in self-defense. Was there anything that would prevent him from simply running away from Mr. “The defendant confessed to pulling out a kitchen knife and repeatedly thrusting it into the body of a stranger on the street, killing him. Assistant DA Mark Dahl said during the trial: Jolly was later found by tourists and was transported to the hospital, where he died. Related: Husband Who Murdered Pregnant Wife & Daughters Tried To Blame His Mistress! Authorities said Jolly had asked him, “What’s up?” Glover apparently took that greeting as an invitation for gay sex, so he decided to stab Jolly twice in the chest with a steak knife, because… #nohomo.
The rapper was reportedly approached by the victim on his way to his maintenance job in the city around midnight in August 2017. Glover was convicted of first-degree manslaughter last month and was sentenced to 16 years and five years of post-release supervision on Wednesday.
Rap pioneer Kidd Creole has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for stabbing a homeless man he thought was gay and trying to hit on him in New York City.Īs we reported, the 62-year-old (real name Nathanial Glover) stabbed 55-year-old John Jolly in Midtown Manhattan in 2017.