'I'ma just stay strong and hopefully I'll see y'all in the near future,' the former Bad Boy Mc tells MTV News in a jailhouse interview.
By Jesse Gissen
G Dep
Photo: Denise Truscello/ WireImage
Two days after being convicted of second-degree murder, G. Dep spoke exclusively to MTV News on Thursday (April 19), where he reacted to the verdict from behind bars.
"However it went down, it was just one of them things where I knew I was facing some type of charge, so whatever the verdict was, I knew it was God's will," Dep told us by phone as he awaits sentencing in lockup.
The former Bad Boy rapper, born Trevell Coleman, was found guilty on Tuesday of killing John Henkel in a botched robbery attempt nearly two decades ago in his hometown of Harlem. Coleman made headlines in 2010 after he confessed — unprovoked — that he had committed the crime...
By Jesse Gissen
G Dep
Photo: Denise Truscello/ WireImage
Two days after being convicted of second-degree murder, G. Dep spoke exclusively to MTV News on Thursday (April 19), where he reacted to the verdict from behind bars.
"However it went down, it was just one of them things where I knew I was facing some type of charge, so whatever the verdict was, I knew it was God's will," Dep told us by phone as he awaits sentencing in lockup.
The former Bad Boy rapper, born Trevell Coleman, was found guilty on Tuesday of killing John Henkel in a botched robbery attempt nearly two decades ago in his hometown of Harlem. Coleman made headlines in 2010 after he confessed — unprovoked — that he had committed the crime...
- 4/19/2012
- MTV Music News
New York -- A once-rising rapper was convicted Tuesday of a 1993 killing after recently telling police he'd shot someone while trying to rob him years ago.
G. Dep hugged his lawyer after hearing the jury's verdict in an unusual trial that came about only because of his confession, which he didn't deny making but suggested was mismatched to the slaying with which he was charged.
The 37-year-old rapper faces at least a 15-years-to-life prison term at his sentencing, set for May 8.
Regardless, he remains convinced he did the right thing by coming forward, defense lawyer Anthony Ricco said.
"He has a conscience and a heart, and his conscience and his heart brought him to where he is today," Ricco said after court. ". He's probably making the most powerful statement a rapper of his era can make, which is to be accountable and to do the right thing."
Prosecutors, though, saw G.
G. Dep hugged his lawyer after hearing the jury's verdict in an unusual trial that came about only because of his confession, which he didn't deny making but suggested was mismatched to the slaying with which he was charged.
The 37-year-old rapper faces at least a 15-years-to-life prison term at his sentencing, set for May 8.
Regardless, he remains convinced he did the right thing by coming forward, defense lawyer Anthony Ricco said.
"He has a conscience and a heart, and his conscience and his heart brought him to where he is today," Ricco said after court. ". He's probably making the most powerful statement a rapper of his era can make, which is to be accountable and to do the right thing."
Prosecutors, though, saw G.
- 4/17/2012
- by Katelyn Mullen
- Huffington Post
He faces 15 years to life in prison when he's sentenced May 8.
By Nadeska Alexis
G. Dep
Photo: Denise Truscello/ WireImage
Former Bad Boy rapper G. Dep, born Trevell Coleman, was convicted of second-degree murder in New York on Tuesday (April 17) following a trial that began after Coleman admitted to killing a man in 1993 during a botched robbery attempt.
In late 2010, Coleman came forward to confess that he'd shot a man, identified by police as John Henkel, nearly two decades earlier in Harlem. According to Coleman's story, he attempted to rob a man on a Harlem corner, then shot him and rode off on a bicycle, not knowing whether the victim had survived.
Opening statements in the trial were made last week, on April 10, and one day later, Coleman dropped a bombshell on prosecutors by changing up his story. He claimed that while he did shoot someone, it was not Henkel.
By Nadeska Alexis
G. Dep
Photo: Denise Truscello/ WireImage
Former Bad Boy rapper G. Dep, born Trevell Coleman, was convicted of second-degree murder in New York on Tuesday (April 17) following a trial that began after Coleman admitted to killing a man in 1993 during a botched robbery attempt.
In late 2010, Coleman came forward to confess that he'd shot a man, identified by police as John Henkel, nearly two decades earlier in Harlem. According to Coleman's story, he attempted to rob a man on a Harlem corner, then shot him and rode off on a bicycle, not knowing whether the victim had survived.
Opening statements in the trial were made last week, on April 10, and one day later, Coleman dropped a bombshell on prosecutors by changing up his story. He claimed that while he did shoot someone, it was not Henkel.
- 4/17/2012
- MTV Music News
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