Music student is jailed for attempted murder
mainSamuel Aguda, 20, was part of the Manchester Camerata Youth Forum at the Royal Northern College of Music. He had a place to study music at the University of Leeds when he shot a man in a drugs-related dispute.
Samuel, who had given up classical music for rap, was jailed in Manchester for 24 years.
Report here.
He must have visited Baltimore
https://foxbaltimore.com/features/operation-crime-justice/baltimore-was-nations-deadliest-big-city-in-2017
Yes, probably. Many of Britain’s most promising young criminals go to Baltimore for their drug and gun training.
And for training in cinematography, too. John Waters is such an inspiration.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8qJXeuHzGU
You need to stop binge watching The Wire.
A heart-warming story.
Hip-hop fills private prisons:
https://raprehab.com/facts-about-hip-hop-and-prison-for-profit/
It is not impossible that this young man took the rap culture too seriously, and that all those offences have been part of the curriculum, and entirely misunderstood by the police. On the other hand, the arrest and jail sentence may also have been part of the curriculum. Classical music is really much better and there are no prison sentences to be fulfilled when playing wrong notes. Also it does no great harm to people practioning it.
Anyone who trades classical music for rap well deserves comeuppance
This is a tragic story at many levels: the switch from classical to rap is superfluous in the scheme of things.