Murderer profits from rap song recorded in prison and posted online just hours after being sentenced
A murderer recorded a music video in prison and had it posted online just hours after he was handed his sentence.
Drill rapper Kammar Henry-Richards had been behind bars for a few hours when the video was posted on the evening of January 14.
The convicted killer, who was head of an east London gang, shot dead a gang rival at a baby’s birthday party in 2022. As a result, he was handed a 37-year minimum jail term.
The track – called C’est La Vie – received more than 450,000 streams across Spotify and YouTube, The Sun reports.
His song included lyrics that bragged about making money while in prison, while also deploying his police mugshot in the video.
He is believed to have created the song while at HMP Belmarsh after he received his charges.
Under his stage name Kay-O, the track ranked 16th on YouTube’s trending songs, which would have earned him hundreds of pounds.
YouTube has now slapped the rapper with a lifetime ban from the video platform and has removed his song from the site altogether.
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Spotify has not yet removed the song.
The song refers to smuggling items into the London prison and even mentions his jail sentence, which has led others to speculate that the murderer recorded parts of the song the same day of its release.
It is currently believed that his friends uploaded the video to Henry-Richards’ account on his behalf.
The Prison Service has launched an investigation into the matter.
Earlier this month, another rapper Jake Fahri, who murdered schoolboy Jimmy Mizen, was called back to prison after he was found to have broken his parole when he bragged about his crimes in his music.
Mizen’s mother said: “Platforms that allow this type of music, especially from a convicted murderer, have serious questions to answer.”
A Ministry of Justice spokesperson said: “We are investigating this recording and have requested its removal.
“There is currently no evidence to suggest it was uploaded from jail, but any prisoner found breaking the rules will be punished.”