Schoolboy's killer who 'boasted of crime' in rap lyrics is recalled to jail
The Guardian|January 18, 2025
A rapper who served 14 years in jail for the murder of a London schoolboy has been recalled to prison for breaching his licence conditions after media reports exposing the lyrics to his music.
Jamie Grierson
Schoolboy's killer who 'boasted of crime' in rap lyrics is recalled to jail

Jake Fahri, then 19, was given a life sentence in 2009 with a minimum term of 14 years for killing Jimmy Mizen by throwing an oven dish at him. The glass dish shattered and severed blood vessels in the 16-year-old's neck in a south London bakery.

The Sun reported that Fahri, now 35 and no longer in prison, is the masked drill artist TEN, who was showcased on BBC Radio 1Xtra, with the presenter Theo Johnson saying he "really stands out".

In one of TEN's tracks available on Spotify and YouTube, the balaclava-clad rapper references killing.

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