Jesus Take the Wheel

Posted on December 2nd, 2008 - By Bossip Staff

Categories: Jesus Take The Wheel, News

Posted by Bossip Staff

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Lawlessness occurred in London over an internet rap beef:

A teenage rapper in London has been sentence to 4 1/2 years in jail for killing a 16-year-old over lyrics posted on the internet.

According to the BBC, an 18-year-old — whose name has not been released — pleaded guilty in court to the manslaughter of Ikye Nmezu from Edmonton, north London, back in February.

The rapper reportedly attacked Nmezu with a brick when they two met by chance in Ponders End, north London. The story of their beef began on the internet.

In the lyrics of one of the 18-year-old’s songs mentioned a friend of Iyke’s, which lead to an exchange of insults over the internet. When the two met, Iyke was struck on the forehead with the brick, then ran off.

The victim went to two hospitals for treatment, but his head wasn’t scanned, and died. The cause of death was an abscess to the brain caused by an infection.

The BBC reports that a report into his treatment claimed there was a 70% he could have been saved if the brain injury had been noticed earlier.

Judge Richard Hawkins told the 18-year-old defendant that he accepted that he had not meant to kill Iyke. However, he added the use of the brick had been “plainly dangerous”.

Teen aged internet rappers are using bricks to bash each other’s heads open over a verse? Jesus, if you can hear us, please take the wheel. SMH

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  • Hannibal

  • NIKKI UNDERWOOD

    That’s all he got? I need to hop the Pond and handle some business….joke…maybe…

  • stunnaz

    this is well and truly sad!! i hope his family find some sort of comfort knowing that justice has been done!
    R.I.P

  • NIKKI UNDERWOOD

    HANN!!!

    You are alive and well!! I have been asking about you…

  • Hannibal

    NIKKI

    YA, I WAS A LITTLE SICK…BUT IM ALL GOOD NOW, HOW U DOIN…

  • Ben

    What’s the moral of this story? If you plan on committing a crime, London is the place to do it. You’ll be out in under 5 years!

  • NIKKI UNDERWOOD

    Im pleased to hear you are better. Im fine, cant complain….

    Marquis….
    Hello Sir…

  • kwa

    this story says more about how Europe treats black people. not one but TWO hospitals let him go w/out giving him a scan. SMH

  • Q’ILLA

    4 1/2 for a body?

  • Nina Knows

    kwa.. that’s exactly what I was thinking. they were both wrong, they met up to fight. Somebody was gonna do something. He actually assaulted him, not killed him… the hospital killed him.

    He died from an infection, the brick didnt actually kill him. Either way its sad two young men beefed over the internet, and wanted to settle it in real time…. now one got time, and one ran out of time…. damn shame.

  • Sawyer

    Damn! Dude ran up on son wit a brink and crack his dome piece…SMH…and then ran off?!?

    WTF! BS rap beef done made its way into London…rap music once again spreading the love all across the world! :-/

  • Tracey

    England isnt even a bad place, there are no ghettos in England. Most of these hooligans are forcefing the ghetto life and the only ghetto they are in is the state of their mind.

    However when it comes to punishment of crimes if you are a criminal you want to commit them in England, they are ****ing soft!

  • Kigali

    I am very familiar with the UK. Black females would love it there. As soon as your fatherless child is born you get a apartment and a check every moth. Yall better get your passports ready. Yes sir.

  • k.k (GoodGurlz N’ BikerBoiz)

    he should have gotten 8-10,4 is too little bit

  • k.k (GoodGurlz N’ BikerBoiz)

    LMFAO..as early as 16 i heard :-D
    ___________________________________________________Kigali

    I am very familiar with the UK. Black females would love it there. As soon as your fatherless child is born you get a apartment and a check every moth. Yall better get your passports ready. Yes sir.

  • franco

    Umm Tracey have you ever been outside of Central London, If you have been to London and the rest of the UK? I wouldn’t dare stroll through some parts of Peckham, most of Liverpool-Toxteth for example and many other places in Manchester or Birmingham. Don’t get it twisted, there are ghetto’s everywhere in the world, whether it’s England, France, Italy, Argentina, South Africa or Australia. Places you don’t wanna be walking through at a certain time.

  • yeji

    O lord i’m from north london…..this is the madness that is jumping off in my old ends Jesus take the wheel in deed.

  • Jewish Baby

    don’t they know a black man is in charge…….in the US

  • Asada

    thats not it.
    you dont kill someone over a lyric, there is something else they are not tellin’. HOw did this teen know the other teen. Where they doing anything that would aggravate it.

    If you wanna be a rapper the most important thing is to get your rhymes out. EVERYWHERE. So it aint just no lyric…..

  • lala

    Tracey your a bit confused arent u? I take it your American..have you even left the town you live in your state cos it would be far too much to expect you even have a passport. SMH talking about England like its a town..so uneducated

  • HANNIBALS PIMP AKA MR.BACKHAND

    what you espect him to get for bashing a nuccas brain.

  • Toni Montana

    His lawyers are THE BOMB. Killed someone and your out by your 21st birthday? Even though its the hospitals fault too the boy died as a direct result of his injuries…grrr.

  • da darkness

    college can still be in his plans

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  • mimi

    this guy was my sisters best friend and the funeral was so sad i was so expecting the killer to get more timr but hey what can you do. the whole of edmonton was upset and shocked at what happened.im from edmonton england by the way.

    r.i.p iyke you’ll always be remembered

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