Big Lurch
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| Big Lurch | |
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| Birth name | Antron Singleton |
| Also known as | Lurch, Big Lurch |
| Born | September 15, 1976 Dallas, Texas, United States |
| Genres | Hip hop |
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Antron Singleton (born September 15, 1976), better known by his stage name Big Lurch, is a convicted murderer and former rapper. He is serving a life sentence for murdering 21-year-old roommate Tynisha Ysais and eating parts of her body in April 2002. He was a member of the group Cosmic Slop Shop.
Biography
Born in Dallas, Texas, Singleton grew up nearby in East Dallas, Texas.[citation needed]
Murder and lawsuit
On April 10, 2002, 26-year-old Singleton murdered his 21-year-old roommate[1] Tynisha Ysais in the apartment he shared with her and her boyfriend[2] in Los Angeles, California.[3][4]
The victim was found in her apartment by a friend.[4] Her chest had been torn open and a three-inch blade was found broken off in her scapula. Teeth marks were found on her face and on her lungs, which had been torn from her chest. The friend testified that Singleton was naked and covered in blood, standing on the street and staring at the sky.[4] A medical examination performed shortly after his capture found human flesh in his stomach that was not his own. The victim's boyfriend said he and the aspiring rapper used PCP the day before the alleged murder took place.[4]
On November 7, 2003, Singleton was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.[3] He had been convicted of murder and aggravated mayhem the previous June[5] after pleading not guilty by reason of insanity at the time of the murder.[1][3] The defense argued that Singleton was in a psychotic state due to his use of PCP the night before the murder.[3] The court ruled that his intoxication and claimed insanity were not satisfactory reasons for committing the crime.[3] The district attorney argued that drug use can not be used as grounds for an insanity plea in California, and the judge agreed.[3][6]
Ysais' mother filed a wrongful death lawsuit in 2003 against Singleton, his bodyguard, Stress Free Records, Death Row Records, and Ysais' boyfriend.[7][8] The suit charged that the labels had provided Singleton with drugs "to encourage [him] to act out in an extreme violent manner so as to make him more marketable as a 'gangsta rap' artist."[9] "Part of what makes a Gangsta Rap artist marketable is the fact that the artist is a participant in violent activities," the lawsuit claimed.[9] Death Row protested it had no connection to Singleton and was dropped from the lawsuit.[10][7]
He was interviewed for the 2011 documentary Rhyme and Punishment.[11] His was one of two stories of drug-intoxicated cannibalism depicted in a 2013 television pilot.[12]
Singleton is currently incarcerated at California State Prison, Sacramento, California.[13]
Discography
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- It's All Bad (2004)
- Da Family (with Cosmic Slop Shop) (1998)
References
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- ↑ California Penal Code § 25.5 (1994) excludes substance abuse as a basis for an insanity defense, even if that abuse results in mental impairment that persists after the effects of the intoxicant are gone (People v. Robinson, 1999). Neither voluntary intoxication nor settled insanity is a defense.
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- ↑ Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Rhyme and Punishment (2011) at IMDb
- ↑ Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Drugs Made Me Do It (2013– ) at IMDb
- ↑ CDCR Inmate Locator (09/30/2020)
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