A drill rapper jailed for 24 years over multiple shootings has become a ‘prison influencer’ – amassing more than 13,000 Instagram followers with his brazen karaoke videos in his cell.
Richard Burnett, 30, sings with a microphone and speaker inside a high-security prison along with half a dozen criminals, before sharing the bizarre clips online.
In one song, the gang member reinvents the lyrics of Cyndi Lauper‘s hit Girls Just Want To Have Fun to include references to how he was caught attacking a rival gang.
Burnett, who goes by his rap name Glockamoley, croons: ‘Whispered to my friend let’s go ride, we’re trying to pack [kill] someone tonight.’
He continues: ‘My phone rings in the middle of a splashing [stabbing]… why did you step [commit crime] with your phone?
‘…That’s how we all got caught.’
The video, featuring a number of other criminals, then sees the performers hold up plastic phones for the chorus, which carries their lyrics: ‘Leave your phone, leave your phones at home.’
The post, shared on Sunday, leads viewers to links to Glockamoley’s Spotify and iTunes store pages, meaning the crook is able to make money from behind bars.
Convicted criminal Richard Burnett sings with a microphone and speaker inside a high-security prison along with half a dozen criminals, before sharing the bizarre clips online
In one song, the gang member reinvents the lyrics of Cyndi Lauper ‘s hit Girls Just Want To Have Fun to include references to how he was caught attacking a rival gang
Drill rapper Burnett was jailed in 2022 over a series of gang shootings in Nottingham
Burnett’s page, which claims to be run by ‘management’, features 30 videos – many of which have clearly been recorded inside his supposedly high-security cell.
Another clip sees the gangster change the lyrics of Luther Vandross’s Never Too Much to include references to shootings.
His long series of clips has raised questions over how the inmate is able to share the videos with seeming impunity.
Burnett was jailed in 2022 over a series of gang shootings in Nottingham.
He was convicted of conspiracy to wound with intent, conspiracy to possess a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence and three counts of possession of an offensive weapon in a public place.
Before he was sentenced, the rapper released a series of drill music videos where he gloated of his crimes.
It comes after a murderer who gloated of his crimes on Instagram in vile rap videos had his account taken down after they were revealed by the Daily Mail.
Gang member Taylor Meanley was just 17 when he fired a shotgun at 20-year-old Lewis Williams in what prosecutors called ‘a planned execution’.
Gang member Taylor Meanley was just 17 when he fired a shotgun at 20-year-old Lewis Williams in what prosecutors called ‘a planned execution’
He was jailed for a minimum of 27 years over the 2021 attack that year along with three others for their roles in Doncaster, South Yorkshire.
But unrepentant Meanley amassed almost 10,000 followers on Instagram for his glorification of his crimes using self-made rap music videos.
A Ministry of Justice spokesperson told the Daily Mail: ‘This behaviour is unacceptable. We immediately requested removal of these posts and we are investigating how this was able to happen.
‘We are investing £40 million in new security measures to clamp down on illicit items and those who break prison rules can face extra time behind bars.’