Drug dealers who sprayed Dom Perignon from a Rolls-Royce have been jailed for 130 years
12 gangsters who sprayed Dom Perignon from white Rolls-Royce in rap video are jailed for total of 130 years
A total of twelve drug dealers who sprayed Dom Perignon from a white Rolls-Royce in a drill rap video to boast about their weapons and wealth have been jailed for 130 years.
The Nottingham-based gang used the lyrics and images in their music videos to recruit children into their 'industrial' heroin and crack cocaine ring, a court heard this week.
The video in the hired Rolls-Royce shows 20 balaclava-clad young men posing at locations around the St Ann's area of the city.
Godpraise Bouwen, 22, who has previous convictions for robbery and knife offences, can be seen rapping about 'junkies asking for testers' and defending his turf.
Nottingham Crown Court heard that the gangsters flooded towns across the East Midlands and Aberdeen with Class A drugs.
They used children to move and sell their stash to reduce their risk of getting caught - and protected their turf with knives and a loaded pistol.
The group were sentenced to a total of 130 years for their role in the drugs gang.
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