Ghetts, whose real name is Justin Clarke-Samuel, is set to be sentenced at the Old Bailey in February.

Award-winning rapper Ghetts has pleaded guilty to causing the death of a young man in a hit-and-run collision.

The grime artist, whose real name is Justin Clarke-Samuel, failed to stop after his BMW hit 20-year-old Yubin Tamang in north-east London.

On Monday, Clarke-Samuel, 41, who appeared at the Old Bailey via videolink from Pentonville Prison, pleaded guilty to causing Mr Tamang’s death by dangerous driving on 18 October 2025.

He also pleaded guilty to a charge of dangerous driving when he was at the wheel of a BMW M5 in Tavistock Place and other London roads in Camden, Islington and Hackney on the same day.

Judge Mark Lucraft KC told Clarke-Samuel “the only sentence to be passed

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