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Hip Hop Pioneer Kidd Creole Pleads Not Guilty In Homeless Man's Stabbing Death

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) -- A founding member of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five pleaded not guilty to an indictment charging him with second-degree murder at Manhattan Supreme Court on Wednesday.

Nathaniel Glover, better known as Kidd Creole, is accused in the stabbing death of a homeless man in Midtown on Aug. 1.

Attorney Patrick Watts plans to ask for bail the next time they're in court.

"There will be a bail application made and we'll see what happens at that time," he said.

Prosecutors said the 57-year-old Glover told them he felt threatened by 55-year-old John Jolly and believed the ex-convict made a "pass" at him, CBS2 reported. A law enforcement official told The Associated Press earlier this month that Glover thought the man was hitting on him.

Prosecutors said they have 10 security videos from the area.

Police said Jolly was found stabbed three times near 44th Street and Third Avenue, and was taken to a hospital, where he later died.

Jolly, a registered sex offender who was homeless, served time for sexually assaulting and attacking a woman. He had been staying at a shelter in the Bowery and had at least 16 prior arrests.

Glover was arrested in 2007 for possession of a gravity knife and had three other arrests dating back to the 1980s.

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five is best known for their 1982 rap song, "The Message." The group was formed in the late 1970s in the Bronx.

(© Copyright 2017 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)

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