Drill Rappers Who ‘Celebrated’ Victim’s Murder After Fleeing to Kenya Are Jailed for Life

Drill Rappers Who ‘Celebrated’ Victim’s Murder After Fleeing to Kenya Are Jailed for Life
An undated image of Alex Smith, a drill rapper known as Culprit, who was stabbed to death in Camden, London, on Aug. 12, 2019. Metropolitan Police
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A drill rapper who fled to Kenya after murdering a 16-year-old rival then recorded songs which bragged about the killing and mocked the victim, has been jailed for life.

Tariq Monteiro, 23, who was known by the drill name Suspect, was convicted at the Old Bailey in London on Wednesday of the murder of Alex Smith, who was associated with a rival gang and had the street name Culprit.

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