The musician with three certified platinum albums was in the meantime indicted and imprisoned in mid-September for manslaughter in Val-de-Marne, accused of having caused the death of his stylist friend in a road accident while he was was driving under the influence of drugs.
In the early morning of April 18, 2022, upon returning from a Koba LaD concert in Lille, a group of masked men presented themselves with Deuspi in blood at the accommodation he occupied with his partner in Vert-Saint-Denis, a commune of the agglomeration of Melun.
Marcel Junior Loutarila, his real name, accuses his manager of having defrauded him of several hundred thousand euros and filed a complaint against him after his arrest by the police in the kidnapping case. The investigation into this financial aspect is still ongoing.
“When I look at the contracts, when I look at the files, when I look at that, I say to myself that in fact from the beginning they were screwing me,” Koba LaD told last year on Canal+, at the release from a previous stay in prison.
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Multiple convictions
After several hours of confinement of Deuspi, with his brother and his partner, the criminals leave, destroying and pillaging the home, taking away every object of value.
“My client has been traumatized, he is afraid for his life and feels in great danger. He hopes that this trial will put an end to the trivialization of all forms of violence in the world of rap,” he told AFP. Deuspi’s lawyer, Me Jonathan Bellaiche.
“My client was the victim of kidnapping, theft and damage for seven hours, at her home by seven attackers, including the artist Koba LaD who was her friend,” regretted for her part Me Mary Krief, the lawyer of his companion. Koda LaD’s defense did not wish to comment.
Expelled from school in second grade, revealed by his music at only 18 years old and performing in duets with rap heavyweights (Ninho, Gazo, Niska…), Koba LaD makes no secret of his raw lyrics from his links with drug trafficking.
His stage name was inspired by the monkey Koba in the film “Planet of the Apes” while “LaD” refers to “the detail” or “the high”, namely drug trafficking. His first album “VII”, in reference to the number of his tower in Évry, made him known to the general public in 2018.
But Koba LaD’s criminal record is as extensive as his young musical career.
At the end of September, he was sentenced in Paris to two years in prison, one of which was closed for violence in a nightclub. In 2020, he received a three-month suspended prison sentence in Marseille for a car accident after which he fled.
The rapper was supposed to go on tour across France in early 2025, for dates for which tickets are still on sale.
