Rapper Ghetts admits causing death by dangerous driving

Ghetts pictured at the Ivor Novello Awards earlier this year

Getty Images Ghetts at the Ivor Novello Awards 2025. Image shows close-up of the rapper with a purple and white banner in the background. He has short-shaven black hair and a full short beard — Ghetts pictured at the Ivor Novello Awards earlier this year

Award-winning rapper Ghetts has admitted killing a young man in a hit-and-run collision in north-east London.

The grime artist, whose real name is Justin Clarke-Samuel, failed to stop after his BMW hit Nepali student Yubin Tamang, 20, in Ilford, north-east London, on 18 October.

Police said the rapper was driving over 60mph in a 30mph zone, and hit Mr Tamang who was crossing the road.

Clarke-Samuel, 41, from Woodford, east London, pleaded guilty to causing Mr Tamang’s death by dangerous driving, and also faces charges of causing death by careless driving when over the limit for alcohol, and another charge of dangerous driving relating to a separate incident on the same day.

Mr Tamang was an only child and his parents had sent him to the UK to receive an education, the court heard

Met Police Mr Tamang, wearing a black T-shirt with a faded image on the front, is standing by the side of a road and smiling. — Mr Tamang was an only child and his parents had sent him to the UK to receive an education, the court heard

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

Police attended the defendant’s address in Woodford early the next day.

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

Clarke-Samuel is due to be sentenced on 12 February, when the other charges will also be dealt with, the court said.

Justin Clarke-Samuel, better known as Ghetts, has been told to expect a custodial sentence

Met Police Justin Clarke-Samuel's police mugshot. He wears a grey top and is looking at the camera. — Justin Clarke-Samuel, better known as Ghetts, has been told to expect a custodial sentence

Mr Tamang, who was an only child whose parents had sent to the UK to receive an education, died in hospital two days after being knocked down.

Clarke-Samuel, who appeared via videolink from Pentonville prison, is currently in custody and the judge told him to expect a jail term, the length of which has yet to be determined.

He was also disqualified from driving, but the length of the ban is also still to be decided.

Ghetts is a Mercury Prize-nominated grime MC, rapper and songwriter who has had high profile musical collaborations with major acts including Stormzy, Ed Sheeran and Skepta.

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

He has also performed at Glastonbury multiple times including in 2024.

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