French rapper MHD charged with murder | Inquirer Entertainment

French rapper MHD charged with murder over deadly fight in Paris

/ 01:34 PM January 18, 2019

French rapper MHD

French rapper MHD has been charged with “voluntary homicide.” Image: AFP/Leo Mouren

French rapper MHD was on Thursday charged with murder over a fight that led to the death of a young man in July, his lawyer said in a statement.

The 24-year-old Parisian performer, whose real name is Mohamed Sylla, “contests any involvement in this brawl,” lawyer Elise Arfi said in the statement sent to AFP.

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She said she would appeal against the presiding judge’s decision to hold her client in provisional detention.

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The rapper was detained along with three other suspects who were also charged over the incident in which a 23-year-old man died after having been stabbed and beaten in the French capital, in what a source close to the enquiry called “a settling of scores” between rival gangs.

Sylla’s lawyer said he had “never been involved in conflicts between rival gangs.”

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MHD, a contraction of his first name Mohamed, is the self-proclaimed inventor of “Afro-trap”, a new brand of hip-hop. He is best known for “Afro Trap Part. 3 (Champions League)”, a song in praise of the Paris Saint-Germain football club and for his eponymous first album. CC

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