A drill rapper is under investigation for allegedly glorifying the murder of youngster Jimmy Mizen in his lyrics. Jake Fahri, 35, was recently released from prison in June 2023 after serving a life sentence with a minimum term of 14 years for the 2008 murder of a 16-year-old schoolboy. Mizen bled to death after Fahri threw a glass oven dish at a bakery in Lee, south London, which shattered and severed an artery in his neck.
Fahri now raps under the name TEN and his music has been promoted on BBC 1Xtra. Despite the BBC's apparent censorship of his music, the rapper seems to refer to Mizen's passing in tracks that can be heard on YouTube and Spotify. In one song, he raps: “Stuck it on a man and watched him melt like Ben and Jerry’s. Sharpen up my blade, I’ve got to keep those necessary. Stay alert and kept it ready, any corner could be deadly. Judge took a look at me, before the trial even started he already knows he’s gonna throw the book at me.”.
Another song’s lyrics include the line: “See a man’s soul fly from his eyes and his breath gone… I wanted more, it made it less wrong. Seeing blood spilled same floor he was left on.”. The broadcaster said in a statement: “BBC 1Xtra does not glamorise violence and this individual does not feature on any playlists.”.
