Nicki Minaj Crew Member Slaying: Man Convicted of Murder
A man has been convicted of third-degree murder in the stabbing death of a Nicki Minaj crew member outside a Philadelphia bar five years ago.Khaliyfa Neely, 38, was also convicted Friday of aggravated and simple assault and possession of an instrument of crime in the February 2015 death of De’Von Andre Pickett. He will be sentenced April 24.Prosecutors said Pickett, 29, was preparing to go on tour as rapper Nicki Minaj’s stage manager when he was stabbed outside a bar in the Germantown section of the city.An earlier trial on the charges against Neely ended in a hung jury last year.