Rapper J Hus has been jailed for eight months for carrying a knife.
The musician, whose real name is Momodou Jallow, was caught with the weapon after police stopped a car near the shopping centre in Stratford in June.
Snaresbrook Crown Court heard that the rapper “fully accepted his actions were careless”. He told the court his decision to carry a knife was “ill-advised” and “utterly stupid”, adding: “I was not in the right state of mind” and said that he was “deeply sorry”.
She told the rapper he was a “role model to many” but “failed” to leave his past behind him.
She added: “This, in such a young life, is the fourth occasion when you have gone out armed with a knife.”
Henry Blaxland, defending, said that Jallow’s arrest has proved to be a “watershed moment”.
He told the judge it had “huge consequences” to his performance schedule and the rapper knows “he has a responsibility” to others.
He said the defendant had been seeing a therapist and has mild PTSD from previously being stabbed himself.
Hus’ single ‘Did You See’ reached number nine in the UK chart in 2017 and his debut album Common Sense reached number six. He was nominated for three Brits at this year’s award ceremony in the British breakthrough act, British album and British single categories.
