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If you’re going to whack someone, it’s not a good idea to brag about it on a rap video afterward. Especially when your lyrics include incriminating details which would only be known by the killer.
Video says it all
If a picture is worth a thousand words, a video can be worth life in prison. That’s what Nevada rapper Kenjuan McDaniel is learning, first hand.
He’s been arrested on a murder charge after Las Vegas police caught his confession on YouTube.
Las Vegas Metro PD arrested McDaniel on August 29 and booked him for “open murder with a deadly weapon.” The judge took his social media influencer status into account and set the video star’s bail at an even $1 million.
Kenjuan McDaniel, 25, was arrested on August 29 after police said lyrics in one of his recent music videos included details about a murder that had not been publicly released pic.twitter.com/3YeYBTYVsm
— No Jumper (@nojumper) September 8, 2023
Once his wire transfer clears, he will still need to wear a tracking monitor. His attorney isn’t talking to CNN.
Police note that the case has been building for quite a while before they viewed the video confession. McDaniel, officials relate, “had been considered a person of interest in the death of Randall Wallace on September 18, 2021.”
His ride suspiciously “matched the description of one used during the crime.”
A thorough investigation
As detailed in “a redacted arrest warrant,” in July, a detective on the case was doing a routine review of the suspect’s social media accounts. Never, the saying goes, underestimate the power of human stupidity. Especially when YouTube is involved.
McDaniel had a new song out. “Detectives noted the music video bore a sufficient level of similarity to the details of the murder.”
Details specific enough that the lyrics are considered a confession. Things about the murder which “were not released to the public and would not be common knowledge.” Take, for example, the line “Parked the car, double back on feet, the smartest way to slide, drove in, double lock yo man, make sure you get yo bod.’”
Please click below for information regarding the arrest of 25-year-old Kenjuan McDaniel in connection with a homicide that occurred September 18, 2021, near Lake Mead and Jones. pic.twitter.com/5d1939Y4AX
— LVMPD (@LVMPD) August 30, 2023
On top of that, “while McDaniel rapped in the video, he reenacted elements of the killing.” In ways which were suspiciously “consistent with evidence at the scene.”
Police aren’t relying on that as their only evidence. It’s just the icing on a three layer sheet cake. “The facts gathered during the investigation were obtained separately from the music video.” YouTube “further validated the results of the investigation.”
Kenjuan McDaniel isn’t the only criminal who posts the evidence police need to incriminate them on their social media accounts, that’s exactly why detectives routinely check the accounts of anyone they’re after. And their friends. And the friends of their friends.
