Ghetts charged after fatal hit-and-run

Ghetts has been charged with with causing serious injury by dangerous driving after a fatal crash in London.

The rapper, whose real name is Justin Clarke-Samuel, allegedly failed to stop after hitting a 20 year-old man in Redbridge Lane East, Ilford, last Saturday (October 18), the Met Police said (via BBC News).

He appeared at Stratford Magistrates’ Court on Monday (October 20), the same day the man died in hospital.

Ghetts was remanded into custody and is due to appear at Barkingside Magistrates’ Court this Monday, (October 27) where the indictment is expected to change from causing serious injury to causing death by dangerous driving.

Police are appealing for witnesses to the crash to come forward.

Ghetts was previously nominated for the 2024 Mercury Prize for his album ‘On Purpose With Purpose‘.

“I just create music, man – for the love, for the art,” he told NME at the time. “I love music, I love listening to it, I love creating it. The story with this [album] is about a man finding purpose. The last one [2021’s ‘Conflict Of Interest‘] was about a very conflicted human being, which I still am, but in that conflict we still must find purpose as humans.

“It’s not our purpose to make money, pay bills and die. That’s where I was at. OK, you can make money – you can make a lot of money and live a lavish life – but what are you doing? It might be someone’s purpose just to love. It might be someone’s purpose to connect the dots. It’s something that feels more fulfilling than what we do day to day.”

He also won the Best Male Act at the Mobo Awards in 2021 and received the Mobo Pioneer Award in 2024 for his significant contribution to British black culture.

That same year he appeared in the Netflix series Supacell as the character Craig.

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