A murderer has been put in prison again. Because of his Drill Rap Song?

A man known as a serial killer was sentenced to life in prison in 2009 for killing a 16-year-old student in London in a horrific brawl at a bakery.

The other man is a balaclava-wearing rapper from South London, known as TEN, whose music in the form of exercises about prison life, crime and bloodshed has made him famous. small but more and more appeared.

The two unrelated names have caused a stir in Britain after a tabloid investigation this week claimed that Jake Fahri, who was paroled from prison for the bakery murder, and the artist TEN, is the same person.

This conclusion, in turn, put TEN’s words about killing, bloodshed and weapons in a new light. It also contributed to the ongoing debate about workout music, a style of hip-hop that artists say is a creative outlet for their experiences. Officials, however, blamed the group for contributing to the incitement of violence.

Mr Fahri was convicted of manslaughter at the age of 19 in the killing of Jimmy Mizen, who was fatally injured after he threw a baking dish at him during a fight. The plate shattered when it hit Mr. Mizen causing a stroke to his neck and he collapsed due to loss of blood.

Mr. Fahri said at the time that he was not guilty and was defending himself. He was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 14 years, and was released with conditions in 2023.

A day after the article was published in The Sun on Wednesday, Mr Fahri was remanded in custody for breaching the terms of his release, a spokesman for the probation service said.

It did not identify the violations or link them to TEN. But it said Mizen’s family deserved better than “to see their son’s killer brag shamelessly about his crime.”

TEN talked about being a “street killer” and “jumping around his tongue”. One lyric goes like this, along with a profanity: “Has a man seen a spirit fly in his eye and his breath gone? I wanted more, it made me miss it. Blood was found on the same floor he had left.”

Barry Mizen, Jimmy Mizen’s father, in an interview Saturday, said, “To make money from what he did to our son – to make money from killing people – is wrong to me.”

Jimmy Mizen’s mother, Margaret Mizen, speaking about the experience of listening to TEN’s music and hearing the obvious reference to her son’s murder in the lyrics, said: “It was very painful. He took Jimmy’s life.”

But the Mizens are also concerned, they say, that rap music like TEN promotes violence and drugs to impressionable youth.

“It’s almost like a war in our streets, and this kind of music is aiding and abetting it,” Ms. Mizen said.

Britain’s national broadcaster, the BBC, has come under fire after a radio show featuring new British artists featuring TEN’s music last year. Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s office told the BBC the broadcaster needed to “answer some urgent questions”.

A BBC spokesperson said in a statement that they played two of TEN’s songs, which did not include the graphic lyrics featured in the tabloid’s report. There were no further plans to play TEN’s music, he said, adding: “We don’t know where he comes from and we don’t condone his actions at all.”

Efforts to reach Mr. Fahri on Saturday were unsuccessful, and the Instagram and X accounts linked to the TEN Spotify page were blocked. A statement was published on Friday on the Instagram account, apparently from Mr. Fahri apologized to Mizen’s family “if my words caused any harm or distress.”

“I want to make it clear that none of the lyrics are directed at the victim or his family,” it said, adding that the lyrics are an “artistic expression” of his life in prison. “I don’t glorify these experiences, they are part of my past that shaped me,” he said.

Since his release, he said he has focused on rebuilding his life, adding that he has served his entire sentence. He said he never intended to die.

“All I want is to be able to move forward with my life,” he said.

The musical Drill, which originated in Chicago more than a decade ago, has spread to cities such as London, New York and Stockholm, sparking conversations about the balance of censorship with public safety.

Artists and fans say the songs are a form of self-expression that expresses the frustrations of disadvantaged communities, where issues such as gang warfare, gun violence and poverty are part of life. . Some groups have criticized the focus on drill rap as discriminatory.

But the authorities and the authorities blamed the music for inciting and inciting violence, and even the songs were analyzed as evidence of possible criminal activity. Rappers Drill say they have been banned from performing in New York and have been heavily arrested in London, where crime has soared in recent years.

“It’s not about wanting him to stay in jail,” said Ms. Mizen, who said Mr. Fahri could have chosen to write music to show remorse for his actions. “It’s a case of wanting him to change.”

She worries that this attention may bring more fame to her son’s killer.

“In the eyes of some people, he will be a celebrity,” he said. “That’s the thing, the culture we live in. And that’s a concern.”