WARNING: The videos in this post contain the English language being used ways that are strange and unusual. They probably contain swearing and vulgarities, but because I can only understand 20% of it, I can’t promise they are safe for work or young audiences.

Late in The MSPaint Comic: Volume 1, I threw in a reference to a British Grime artist named ‘Crazy Titch’ who explains that Carl Gustav Jung using the pronoun “du” in German towards Sigmund Freud is disrespectful. I chose Crazy Titch for this for two reasons. First of all, all black people speak German, the topic of last week’s post. Second, because the topic was “disrespect” and Crazy Titch is probably one of the most entertaining and unusual people who have a story about disrespect.

I say “entertaining” because when you Google his name, you should find this:

Simply delightful! And perhaps even a bit unusual for Americans who don’t often hear Grime music.

But the story of Crazy Titch is even more unusual. And seeing as how it involves MURDER, it’s a perfect topic for our last Comic Factoid before Halloween!

Putting the Crazy in Crazy Titch

So before we go too far, Crazy Titch’s mother had more sense than to name her son “Crazy.” In fact, Ms. Titch wasn’t a Titch at all. Crazy Titch entered this world as Carl Dobson… a more respectable if completely boring British name. That simply wouldn’t do.

In the late 1990s, the teenage Carl Dobson was arrested for robbery and handling stolen goods. As a result, he spent the years of 1998 to 2003, in Aylesbury Young Offender Institution. While in British Juvie, he discovered a talent for music; and upon his release entered the British Grime scene as “Crazy Titch.”

“Crazy Titch” was definitely more accurate! Collaborating with his half-brother Dwayne Mahorn, known more famously as ‘Durrty Goodz,’ Crazy Titch was a quickly a sensation in the British Grime scene.

Although he was a successful Grime MC, Crazy Titch had a reputation for taking things a bit too far sometimes.

Case in point: here is Crazy Titch and his buddies getting kicked off a plane.



He also got caught on camera in a heated argument with another Grime artist known as “Dizzee Rascal” and the video is still floating around on YouTube all these years later:

I started this video where Crazy Titch takes the microphone. If you’re really into this type of music and want to watch the whole video, go ahead. This is just the argument and what led up to it. It went viral in Britain when it came out. Fair warning: I can’t understand more than a few words here but there is almost certainly swearing in these videos… so if you have sensitive ears around you, put on headphones.



Supposedly, there is some evidence that Crazy Titch and his crew KIDNAPPED one of his rivals, stripped him of his clothes, and left him naked in the middle of the street. It was caught on video by someone’s cell phone and it made it’s way into the notorious Practice Hours DVD. And thanks to the Internet, it still exists! However, keep in mind that cell phone videos in the early 2000s are not the same quality of cell phone videos today… and the documentary crew merely recorded the video playing on a small playback device. I wouldn’t share this video (and it wouldn’t be hosted on YouTube) if you could see human anatomy.

Anyway, we’ve established Crazy Titch is a bit crazy. But here’s where it goes to the next level!

Disrespecting his Family

A new artist in 2005 named ‘Shaba Shah’ released “Over the Years” about how the hood has changed and, in this video, he specifically calls out Durrty Goodz… Crazy Titch’s half brother.

Now, in the United States, if one rapper disrespects another rapper like this, the offended will probably dedicate their next album to destroying the offending rapper. In some extreme cases, where the offended rapper was particularly unstable, you might not be totally shocked if the offending rapper is shot, stabbed, or otherwise treated with violence.

Not Crazy Titch.

Murder

Crazy Titch went after not the rapper, but the producer! Weeks after “Over the Years” was released, Crazy Titch and his step-father Anthony Green confronted 21-year-old producer Richard Holmes (aka “Richie Rich”) in East London and murdered him at point blank range with a fully automatic MAC-10 machine-pistol. Yes, a fully automatic pistol in one of the countries with the most strict gun laws in Western world.

Before we go too much further and it sounds like I’m celebrating Crazy Titch and his stepfather murdering someone, here’s a picture of Richard Holmes, the victim, whose life was cut tragically short by this act of violence. Just keep him in mind as you read the rest of this story because he should always be remembered whenever anyone talks about Crazy Titch and violence in the music industry moving forward.

Crazy Titch and Anthony Green weren’t discreet. Richard Holmes was hanging out with a dozen of his friends at a frequent hangout spot when he was killed at close range with a fully automatic weapon. Crazy Titch and Anthony Green walked up to Richard Holmes and as he stood to face them, they pulled out their weapon and fired rounds.

After murdering Holmes, the murderers simply turned around and walked away leaving twelve witnesses to the crime. Yet despite this, all twelve witnesses refused to talk to police or insisted that they didn’t see anything. This is unfortunately not uncommon.

Still, despite the lack of cooperation and the lack of a weapon, police managed to collect evidence leading to the arrest of Durrty Goodz, Crazy Titch, and Anthony Green. Crazy Titch and Anthony Green were convicted and sentenced to life in prison with the earliest possible parole being in 30 years… or 2036. Durrty Goodz was also arrested but aquitted for lack of evidence for his role in the murder.

Durrty Goodz remains an active British Grime MC despite this. In fact, this entire episode may have actually helped his career; which is itself a sad reflection upon our society.

But the story doesn’t end with incarceration for Crazy Titch. When he arrived at HMP Long Lartin (HMP = Her Majesty’s Prison), Crazy Titch was recognized as a “high profile inmate.” As a result, he gets certain privileges denied to other inmates, such as regular phone calls, media interviews and – get this – access to a music studio. So even though he’s in prison, Crazy Titch has been able to continue creating new music. This has enabled him to appear on multiple collaborations with other artists on the outside, including his half-brother Durrty Goodz, Stormzy, Stanaman, and others. He’s also been able to release his own tracks.

As you might expect, this apparent injustice has enraged Richard Holmes’ mother.

In early 2018, Crazy Titch made the news again by getting caught having sexual intercourse with a female prison worker. The married woman, Jodie Malins, was promptly arrested for misconduct in a public office and smuggling contraband.

But prison shenanigans aside, Crazy Titch’s decision to murder a producer for producing a song that disrespected his half-brother is why he was chosen to explain the difference between addressing someone with the pronoun “du” and “Sie” in the German language. Both pronouns mean “you” but “du” is informal and used to address children, family, and close friends; while “Sie” is formal and used to address strangers and acquaintances with respect. Crazy Titch being famous for caring about “disrespect” seemingly more than anything else (including respect) makes him perfect for this frame.

More music by Crazy Titch

If you can dig the music and respect his talent despite the murder, here are a couple other hits from Crazy Titch.





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