A convicted murderer was able to record a rap song from behind bars that may have earned him money – even bragging about it in the lyrics.
Kammar Henry-Richards, 26, had success as a drill rapper under the moniker Kay-O before he was jailed for murdering a rival gang member at a children’s party.
He and three others were handed life sentences over the fatal shooting of Kacey Boothe outside a community centre in Walthamstow, north-east London,
They were sentenced on the morning of January 14, and at 7.30pm that evening a new Kay-O song titled C’est La Vie (French for ‘that’s life’) was uploaded online.
The song currently has 125,000 plays on Spotify, which would earn about £400 in royalties.
According to The Sun, a video of the track uploaded by friends to his YouTube account gained hundreds of thousands of views and ranked 16th on its list of ‘trending’ songs.
This would likely have earned him hundreds more, though the streaming giant appears to have taken the track down.
The vocals appear to have either been recorded via a phone or edited to make them sound as such.
Meanwhile the lyrics contain references to making money from his music and handling ‘contraband’ in prison.
‘I can still run up streams and make some record sales,’ Henry-Richards raps at one point.
‘True, the dream is getting rich it doesn’t have to end in jail.’
Henry-Richards has since been banned for life from operating a YouTube account, The Sun added.
It wasn’t immediately clear if Henry-Richards would legally have any right to royalties from his latest song, as such issues are often covered by specific arrangements with the Prison Service.
His life sentence, which he’s serving at HMP Belmarsh, has a minimum term of 37 years.
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.’
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