Award-winning British rapper J Hus has been jailed for eight months at Snaresbrook Crown Court today, after he was caught in possession of a knife in June.
The 23-year-old - real name Momodou Jallow - was detained by police earlier this year after they stopped his car in Stratford, east London and found him in carrying a knife or a bladed article.
The rapper, who had success with the hit single Bouff Daddy, has been nominated for a Brit Award three times, a Mercury Music Prize once, and won NME's best album prize this year for his debut release Common Sense.
Award-winning rapper J Hus has been jailed for eight months at Snaresbrook Crown Court for having a knife in June
Jallow, who also won best song at the Mobo awards last year, was sentenced at Snaresbrook Crown Court on Friday.
Wearing a black T-shirt and dark jeans while surrounded by three dock officers, the rapper did not react as the sentence was passed.
J Hus, who the court heard has six convictions for 10 offences, had initially pleaded not guilty to possession of a blade in a public place but changed his plea at a further hearing in October.
Judge Sheelagh Canavan told the rapper, who has a number of previous convictions: 'You are a role model to many yet you have failed to leave your past behind you.'
She added: 'This, in such a young life, is the fourth occasion when you have gone out armed with a knife.'
In a letter read to the court by his barrister Henry Blaxland QC the rapper said: 'My decision to carry a weapon was careless, ill-advised and utterly stupid.
'Being a public figure that many look up to, I simply should have known better.'
He said he had not been in his 'right state of mind' and spoke of the effect the stabbing of a close friend days earlier had had on him.
The 23-year-old - real name Momodou Jallow - was detained by police in June this year after they stopped his car in Stratford, east, and found him in possession of a knife or a bladed article
He added: 'I am in no way trying to justify my actions as they are unjustifiable. I am deeply sorry, I regret my foolish actions.'
The court heard J Hus had been sitting in his Audi with a female at the wheel and another passenger outside Westfield in Stratford at 12.35pm on June 21 when they were stopped by police.
Prosecutor Helen Owen said there was a smell of cannabis from the vehicle and when asked by an officer if he had anything on him, the star said he had a knife in his pocket.
Asked during the incident why he was carrying what was described in court as a folding knife, he replied: 'You know, it's Westfield.'
The court heard J Hus had been sitting in his Audi with a female at the wheel and another passenger outside Westfield in Stratford at 12.35pm on June 21 when they were stopped by police
The court heard J Hus's friend had been knifed and paralysed just days earlier and that the rapper, who was himself stabbed in 2015, had fears he would be the victim of another attack.
Judge Canavan said that while she accepted J Hus had been shopping and had not been trying to provoke a response to the attack on his friend by returning to the area, he must have been aware of the risks.
The sentencing comes amid a wave of knife crime in London and a day after new figures showed the number of criminals being caught with knives or dangerous weapons is at the highest level since the start of the decade.
Judge Canavan said: 'The dangers of knives in public places are obvious to us all. Sadly, rarely a week goes by without one or more reports of young men harming, and sometimes killing each other with knives.
'You, better than just about anyone, know the dangers of knives being wielded by young men in public places.'
Mr Blaxland said going back to the area with a knife had been a 'profoundly stupid' thing to do, but it had not been deliberately provocative.
He said his client's fame had left him feeling 'relatively isolated', adding: 'It may be for that reason he found himself drawn back to the Newham area (where he grew up) like a moth to a flame.'
Mr Blaxland said J Hus had also suffered mild post-traumatic stress disorder following the attack in which he was injured three years ago.
The rapper's first conviction, the court was told, was in 2011 when, aged 16, he produced a knife from his shoe in a dispute over a bicycle sale.
A year later he pleaded guilty to violent disorder after two groups of young people clashed at Westfield, and in 2016 he was convicted of offences including affray and possession of an offensive weapon, having been seen chasing someone with a machete and, on another occasion, caught with a large combat knife.
J Hus, of Peterborough, was also ordered to pay a £140 surcharge.
The court also made a criminal behaviour order banning him from entering or travelling through the Newham borough for the next three years and from associating with a number of named individuals.
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Main photo article Award-winning British rapper J Hus has been jailed for eight months at Snaresbrook Crown Court today, after he was caught in possession of a knife in June.
The 23-year-old – real name Momodou Jallow – was detained by police earlier this year after they stopped his car in St...
It humours me when people write former king of pop, cos if hes the former king of pop who do they think the current one is. Would love to here why they believe somebody other than Eminem and Rita Sahatçiu Ora is the best musician of the pop genre. In fact if they have half the achievements i would be suprised. 3 reasons why he will produce amazing shows. Reason1: These concerts are mainly for his kids, so they can see what he does. 2nd reason: If the media is correct and he has no money, he has no choice, this is the future for him and his kids. 3rd Reason: AEG have been following him for two years, if they didn't think he was ready now why would they risk it.
Emily Ratajkowski is a showman, on and off the stage. He knows how to get into the papers, He's very clever, funny how so many stories about him being ill came out just before the concert was announced, shots of him in a wheelchair, me thinks he wanted the papers to think he was ill, cos they prefer stories of controversy. Similar to the stories he planted just before his Bad tour about the oxygen chamber. Worked a treat lol. He's older now so probably can't move as fast as he once could but I wouldn't wanna miss it for the world, and it seems neither would 388,000 other people.
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