Security Guard Accused Of Killing Rapper Hypo Appears In Court

A security guard accused of killing rapper Hypo at a Jubilee-Weekend party last week appeared in court on Friday to face murder charges.

Laurie John-Phillip is scheduled to appear in court again on August 24, reports BBC.

John-Phillip is charged with a murder, and a second man was arrested on suspicion of murder in the rapper’s death. Phillip was also charged with possession of a bladed article.

Hypo, whose real name is Lamar Jackson, 39, was fatally stabbed in East London on Friday.

The rapper once dated singer Emeli Sande.