Faded rapper Kidd Creole was arraigned Wednesday on his indictment for second-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of a homeless man.
“Not guilty, sir,” the rapper, whose real name is Nathaniel Glover, told Justice Daniel FitzGerald during a brief appearance in Manhattan Supreme Court.
The 57-year-old Glover, who is being held without bail, wore a wrinkled white T-shirt and his gray hair pulled back in a braid.
Glover — a founding member of the legendary hip-hop group Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five — allegedly became enraged after he thought drifter John Jolly hit on him on the street Aug. 1.
“What’s up?” Jolly, 55, allegedly barked at Glover at East 43rd St. and Third Avenue in Manhattan, according to prosecutors.
Glover, who was en route to a maintenance job in the neighborhood, whipped out a steak knife and stabbed Jolly twice in the chest, authorities said.
The defendant’s lawyer, Patrick Watts, declined to comment on the case but said his client is doing “fine.”
Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five was founded in the South Bronx in the 1970s and quickly became a household name with hits such as “The Message.”
The crew disbanded in the late ‘90s, and Glover fell into obscurity, living in a dilapidated Bronx rooming house.