Kidd Creole’s murder trial opens with self-defence claim

Kidd Creole (Alamy)

The trial of rapper Kidd Creole has begun in New York City with his lawyer telling a jury it was self-defence when the hip-hop pioneer stabbed a homeless man to death in 2017.

The artist, a founding member of Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five, is charged with murder and went on trial on Friday in a Manhattan criminal court.