Rapper was ‘unaware’ of deadly gang rivalry

An aspiring rapper accused of murdering a music manager on the set of a video was ‘simply unaware’ of the gang rivalry that led to his death, a court heard. Bright Akinleye, 22, had organised a promotional rap video starring models for one of his artists on 18 February last year. Starting in Digital Holdings studio in Deptford, south London, he travelled north to a flat in Euston where he was knifed three times in the thighs with a large…