Abdel Ghadia: Wannabe Sydney rapper pleads guilty dealing with criminal proceeds

A Sydney wannabe rap artist has pleaded guilty to possessing over $1 million dollars of criminal cash.

A young wannabe Sydney rapper possessed almost $1.5 million of cash derived from criminal activity and has entered pleas in court, although the exact nature of how he came about such a haul remains a mystery.

Abdel Ghadia, 24, of southwest Sydney, has previously gone under the artist names of Slimmy and A2G, and released rap tracks and music videos across his Facebook, SoundCloud and YouTube platforms.

He appeared in person at Burwood Local Court on Wednesday and pleaded guilty to two charges of dealing with property proceeds of crime.

Three charges of the same offence, and a further three charges of recklessly deal with the proceeds of crime, were withdrawn by the police prosecutor.

The amount across the two charges committed for sentence totals a whopping $1,420,647 – $759,317 and $661,330 respectively – although how Ghadia came about this haul of criminal cash wasn’t disclosed in court.

Abdel Ghadia pleaded guilty on September 21 to two counts of dealing with property proceeds of crime.

Ghadia has previously released singles, EPs, music videos and performed at venues across Sydney, although his musical content has dried up of late.

A 2018 book, written by T. Ursula Green, exploring the independent music scene in Australia included a passage on Ghadia, describing him as creating music “beyond his age” and predicting a “great future in music”.

Ghadia remains on bail and will be sentenced next month at the same court.