U.K. Rapper Pa Salieu Released From Prison After Nightclub Brawl
British rapper Pa Salieu has been launched from jail after serving practically two years for his position in a 2018 nightclub combat.
On Monday (September 2), Salieu returned residence after serving 21 months of his 33 month sentence, his rep confirmed to Pitchfork.
The award-winning rapper was convicted of violent dysfunction and possessing a bottle as an offensive weapon within the incident that left one individual within the hospital. He was one in all 9 males charged in connection to the combat, however he was cleared of a second depend of violent dysfunction.
Taking to Instagram with a smiling picture upon his launch, Salieu advised followers: “I been gone for a while but I still made it back to you [crown emoji].”
Prosecutors claimed Salieu participated within the combat that occurred outdoors a nightclub in his hometown of Coventry, after his pal Fidel “AP” Glasgow — grandson of the Specials singer Neville Staple — was stabbed to demise. During the combat, Salieu reportedly used a bottle and a tree department to assault a 23-year-old man, who later spent 10 days within the hospital present process what the prosecution described as “immediate, extensive surgery.” The man has since recovered.
Salieu’s lawyer, Jonathan Woodcock, requested for a suspended sentence and mentioned there was a “realistic prospect of rehabilitation” on the time.
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The rapper additionally had a run-in with the legislation prior to now. The Guardian studies Salieu was handed a suspended sentence in 2015 for possessing a knife. He seemingly acquired his act collectively and launched his critically-acclaimed debut mixtape, Send Them to Coventry, in 2020.
Salieu was nominated for the Rising Star Award on the 2021 BRITs because of the venture. He’s labored with Mura Masa, FKA twigs, Slowthai and extra and launched the EP Afrikan Rebel in 2021. He was additionally the winner of the celebrated BBC Music Sound of 2021 ballot.
In August 2022, Salieu was blocked from performing on the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony after he reportedly “failed a background check”, in line with his Instagram put up. Salieu mentioned he had already canceled “90% of my shows this year” because the Home Office wouldn’t course of the paperwork wanted for him to journey overseas till the court docket case associated to the nightclub combat was completed.
