The UK drill scene can get pretty wild.
Stabbing, kidnapping, murderer,
and extortion are all common and drill rappers are known to make music
about real crimes going on in the streets.
But when you’re living that life and telling the world about it at the same time,
it’s not hard for the feds to figure it out.
Here is a look at a few drill rappers who got arrested for murder.
Joobz
Joobz is a rapper from North London who is associated with the NPK drill gang.
NPK – also known as SinSquad –
is a group based around the Northumberland Park and Park Lane area of
Tottenham in the N17 postcode.
They are one of the most well-known gangs in the UK drill scene
and beef with rival crews like NPK, Wood Green, and TPL.
Joobz was one of NPK’s top hitters
and one of the most respected gang members in North London.
He is also one of the group's most skilled rappers
and had an effortless flow and unique wordplay
that set him apart from many other drill artists.
But like many talented drill artists,
he never got a chance to truly shine
because he was arrested for murder before blowing up as a rapper.
On December 22nd, 2018,
Joobz, along with three other teenagers
were arrested for the murder of Wilham Mendes, a 25-year-old boxer.
The other three with him that night were other NPK members Stewie, Scatty, and Rellz.
They were all under 18 at the time with the youngest being just 15 years old.
Mendes was a Portuguese national
who was just getting off work at his job as a porter in a restaurant.
The crew was hanging around outside the Tottenham High Road bus stop,
after they had just beat up and robbed two boys aged 18 and 19
who were waiting for the bus.
They then made their way to the Bruce Grove station,
where they spotted Mendes and decided to attack him next.
Mendes who was an amateur boxer tried to fight them off.
Even though it was 4 v 1,
Mendes was older and knew how to fight,
so he managed to beat up the younger two, Rellz and Stewie.
But, he didn’t realize that Scatty had two blades on him.
He passed one of them to Scoobz and they both chased the victim into an alley.
They grabbed the bag he had and then stabbed him to death outside a Mcdonald's.
CCTV footage from outside the restaurant
showed the two older boys fist bump and then casually walk away,
leaving Mendes to bleed out in the street.
The four boys were later caught and arrested.
Stewie and Rellz were only 15 at the time of the crime
and were not found guilty of murder but were charged with robbery.
One was sent to a youth rehabilitation center
and the other was sentenced to two and a half years in prison.
Joobz pled guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Scatty plead guilty to murder and was sentenced to 17 years behind bars.
With Joobz being locked up,
NPK not only lost one of its most certified members,
but it also lost one of its most talented rappers.
On the track Opp Block Tour,
Joobz can be heard rapping about a similar stabbing.
It’s not clear if he’s talking about the murder that got him locked up,
but he describes it in such vivid detail
that you can tell he’s not playin around.
Because they were under 18 at the time of the murder,
it’s likely that with good behavior they won’t serve the entire length of their sentences.
But, if old NPK beef forces them to go hard in prison,
it may be a while before Scatty and Joobz are back on the street.
If you thought that was wild,
this next rapper stabbed four fans outside of a concert, killing one of them,
and was arrested at the airport after fleeing to Greece.
Scarz
Scarz is a rapper from the Hornsey area of London associated with the 8th gang,
also known as Villeside or V8.
They are known to beef with other North London gangs like 22 from WoodGreen
and 3x3 from Edmonton.
Scarz was one of the most prominent rappers from the 8th
who was well known in North London.
On August 25th, 2019,
a grime rapper named MoStack was performing at The Gallery NightClub in Maidstone.
Scarz was good friends with MoStack
and he went to the concert that night to support his boys.
But being a well-known driller in the streets of London,
Scarz didn’t go to the show unarmed.
He pulled up with a huge machete, in case anything popped off.
It’s not entirely clear what happened that night, but after the performance,
a huge brawl broke out in the streets outside the club.
The fight was captured on CCTV footage, as well as cell phone video.
The video shows punches and kicks being thrown,
people being tossed to the ground and jumped, and all kinds of mayhem.
At one point, you can see Scarz stab a person on the ground a few times
and then run away with the machete in his hand and a sweatshirt over his face.
In total four people were stabbed,
and one was killed.
The murder victim’s name was Andre Bent.
He happened to be the cousin of Bradley McIntosh from the pop group S Club 7.
All of the victims were civilians and the fight does not seem to be gang-related,
other than the fact that Scarz was associated with the 8th.
Right after the murder,
Scarz fled the country and went to Greece.
But he didn’t even last a week and returned to London 6 days later.
By then, the police had already figured out that he was the prime suspect
and were waiting for him on the tarmac when he landed back in the UK.
According to authorities,
they used his music as a way to track him and identify him as the attacker in the video.
His lawyers tried to argue that he was acting in self-defense.
Scarz and his crew had been attacked first outside the club.
Two other knives were later recovered at the crime scene
and according to his defense team,
one of his friends had been stabbed leading up to the attack.
Scarz was just 16 at the time
and they argued that he was traumatized and acted in the heat of the moment.
But the fact that he brought a giant machete to a concert wasn’t a great look.
The judge also noted that after getting convicted,
Scarz got his hands on a phone where he recorded a rap that was released to the internet.
In the rap, he brags about the killing in normal drill fashion
and shows little remorse for his actions.
The family of Andre Bent also revealed that his fiancé was pregnant
and she was going to tell him the next morning,
but never got a chance.
Nine other people were also arrested for the brawl
and charged with a violence disorder.
Their sentences ranged from one to three years.
But Scarz was the only one charged with murder.
Despite his claims of self-defense
he was found guilty and sentenced to 20 years in prison.
It’s hard to tell what really went down that night.
What seems most likely is that Scarz and his group
were pressed over some gang **** and reacted.
Once the brawl broke out it was probably hard to tell who was who
and he may have stabbed civilians by accident,
thinking they were the opps.
Or maybe the fight went down and Scarz just wanted to gain some internet clout
by cheffing up anyone he could get his hands on.
He probably thought he could just skirt off to Greece and start over.
But being a teenager with limited funds
who isn’t able to use their true identity in a foreign country
probably wasn’t as easy as he thought it would be,
which is why he returned to London.
Unfortunately, London lost another talented rapper.
But that’s what happens when you bring a machete with you on a regular night out.
But if you thought that was crazy,
these next rappers stabbed a dude to death after a minor argument in a KFC.
VD & Dopey
VD and Dopey are two artists from South London associated with the RP
or Roupell Park gang also known as 67.
RP is based in the Roupell Park Estates in the borough of Lambeth
and is known to beef with rival gangs like 410 and UTH.
VD and Dopey are two rappers associated with RP,
known for tracks like Local Shops where they rap about slashing opps
and going hard in the streets.
VD even starts out the first verse by rapping
“I don’t run my mouth, I just swing my shank”
which is exactly what ended up getting him a murder charge.
On September 10th, 2019,
VD and Dopey were with some other dudes from their neighborhood at a KFC
on Edgeware Road in Central London.
Another man named Yousef Beker,
a business student at the nearby City of Westminster College
was meeting his cousin on his lunch break.
VP and Dopey were arguing with a girl inside the KFC
and Yousef and his cousin stepped in to defend her.
They argued with the gang for about 30 minutes
before the rappers got fed up and stabbed Yousef to death on the pavement outside.
CCTV footage from inside the KFC showed the whole thing go down,
plus there were several witnesses.
The rappers were quickly arrested and tried at the Old Bailey Court in London.
Yousef was only 17 at the time and had no ties to any gangs.
It was just a petty argument that unfortunately led to bloodshed
and an innocent bystander lost his life,
just because he stood up for a female.
It’s not clear what sparked the argument or how disrespectful it got.
But it was still a pretty vicious attack for something that could have been left as an argument
or at most a fistfight.
Six men in total were arrested for the murder.
The trial originally started back in March 2020 but was delayed due to coronavirus.
It was the first case to come before the court after the break.
Three of the boys in the group were acquitted of the murder.
But one was charged with manslaughter
and the other two were charged with murder and possession of an deadly weapon.
Dopey was one of the group members who were allowed to walk,
but VD was not so lucky and was sentenced to life.
Rumors that someone in the crew snitched were going around
because half of them were acquitted and the other half got hit with pretty harsh sentences.
But the whole thing was also captured on camera
so what’s more likely is that the prosecutors didn’t have enough evidence
to convict all six,
so they focused on the ones who did the stabbing.
Yousef’s death was pretty senseless and could have been avoided.
But in the world of drill, no one is truly safe, not even civilians.
Yousef most likely didn’t know what he was getting himself into
when he started an argument with a group of active gang members.
But if that wasn’t crazy enough,
these next rappers stabbed an innocent music producer to death
in broad daylight after confusing him for an opp.
Nico & KK
Nico and KK are two rappers and gang members from South London.
Nico is associated with the Sho or Shower gang,
which is just older members of the crew 814.
KK is associated with B Side,
also known as 785, a gang based in Bellingham.
Bside and Sho/814
are allies and are known to beef with groups like Zone 2 and Splash Gang.
Nico and KK even appeared together in a track called Splash,
where they diss Splash gang and let them know what will happen if they catch them in public.
On February 24th, 2017,
KK and Nico decided to do a ride out in South London –
a UK street term for going out hunting for opps.
They came across a group of Splash gang members and decided to make a move.
First, two guys on mopeds rolled up and pointed guns at the group.
They turned to run away,
but the attackers chased them down and caught the slowest one,
stabbing him to death.
It was later revealed that the victim was not a member of Splash gang,
but just an innocent music producer named Dean Pascal,
who just happened to be in the area because he was helping his friends shoot a music video.
The two rappers he was helping did have ties to Splash gang,
and was killed in a case of mistaken identity.
They stabbed Dean 14 times in broad daylight.
He attempted to get some help
and stumbled down the road in front of a group of parents walking their children to school
but bled out before paramedics could arrive.
Nico was arrested for the murder shortly after,
but KK fled to Jamaica to try to hideout.
Just like Scarz, he didn’t make it long abroad
and eventually returned to the UK,
where he was immediately arrested.
Nino and KK were charged with murder
as well as possession of a deadly weapon.
They were both found guilty in court.
KK was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 17 years
and Nino was sentenced to life with a minimum of 20 years.
There was a rumor floating around that while in Jamaica,
KK called Nino, who is his cousin,
and told him to snitch to get a lighter sentence.
But this is unconfirmed internet gossip.
Two other B Side affiliates who also participated in the attack were found guilty
and given a life sentence in a separate trial.
A fifth defendant who was also arrested for the crime was found innocent and allowed to walk.
Dean's murder was just another tragic example of knife crime in the UK getting out of control.
He wasn’t killed for anything that he said or did,
but just because he happened to be hanging around with the wrong people at the wrong time.
But in the world of drill, anything can happen
especially when affiliated with active gangs
– even if it’s strictly business – you can get caught in the line of fire.
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