One of the founding members of legendary hip-hop group Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five has been charged with the murder of a homeless man in New York.
According to the New York Times, Nathaniel Glover, 57, known as Kidd Creole in the rap group, repeatedly stabbed the man in the torso after an argument on Tuesday night (local time).
The man was rushed to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Police say they're unsure how Glover knew the homeless man, who has not been named.
The man lived in a homeless shelter in Lower Manhattan, about two miles from where he was stabbed.
Detectives watched the incident on surveillance cameras, subsequently arresting Glover and charging him with second-degree murder, which carries a maximum sentence of life in prison.
Glover teamed up with fellow musician Grandmaster Flash in 1976, forming one of the first rap groups. The group released its first recorded songs in 1979 under the name Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five.
The group's 1982 single 'The Message' reached No. 62 on the Billboard Top 100, and Rolling Stone ranked it No. 52 among the greatest songs of all time.
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007.
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