Rapper Ghetts admits causing death by dangerous driving

Award-winning rapper Ghetts has pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving following a hit-and-run collision in east London.

The award-winning musician, whose real name is Justin Clarke-Samuel, failed to stop after his BMW crashed into 20-year-old Nepali student Yubin Tamang on Redbridge Lane in Ilford on October 18.

Mr Clarke-Samuel, of Woodford, east London, was charged with a single charge of causing Mr Tamang’s death by dangerous driving.

He will be sentenced in February.

The court previously heard that following the fatal crash in Ilford at around 23:30 GMT, Clarke-Samuel continued to drive dangerously in Worcester Crescent, Redbridge, on his journey back to his home in Woodford.

Police went to the defendant’s address in Woodford in the early hours of the next day.

The black BMW registered and insured in the defendant’s name was significantly damaged.

Ghetts is a Mercury Prize-nominated grime MC, rapper and songwriter who has produced high-profile musical collaborations with notables such as Stormzy, Ed Sheeran and Skepta.

he won Best Actor at the 2021 Mobo Awards and in 2024 he received the Mobo Pioneer award for his “significant contribution to British black culture”.