The Kidd Creole has been making headlines over the past few days as he was sentenced to 16 years in prison after being responsible for the death of a homeless man. However, many still wonder how much his net worth is before his whole fiasco.
According to Waikali, the former musician, whose real name is Nathaniel Glover, is popularly known for being one of the founding members of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five.
Other members include Melle Mel, Rahiem, Keef Cowboy, and Eddie Morris.
Creole worked with the group and managed to release several tracks before leaving them in 1983. The remaining members continued to record for Elektra Records and later reunited with Melle Mel for a reunion in 1987.
His group was the first rap group to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Today, The Kidd Creole's estimated net worth is around $200,000 to $300,000, way lower than the average rapper today, that earns almost millions of dollars.
As of this writing, the rapper has not confirmed whether the net worth reports are accurate.
The Kidd Creole Case
According to Deadline, the rapper was sentenced to 16 years in prison for stabbing a 55-year-old homeless man named John Jolly.
In the hearing, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Michele Rodney said Jolly's life forever changed, and it doesn't matter whether a person is homeless or has a high position.
The judge didn't believe the rapper's claims of self-defense.
"You didn't know that he had a [history of] violence or was a sexual offender. Those things were not known and don't have much relevance in terms of anybody's action in this case," Rodney said in court.
In early reports, Creole said his act was self-defense; he stabbed Jolly twice in the chest using a steak knife.
The reason behind the stabbing was he thought the victim was gay and hitting on him on the streets.
The shocking incident happened when the rapper was walking to his job in Manhattan around midnight in August 2017. The victim allegedly asked him how he was doing.
Creole's lawyer defended him by saying someone asking, "What's up?" in New York City at midnight had no good intentions.
"His fear for his life was reasonable," the rapper's lawyer Scottie Celestin said.
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