Messages that sparked western Sydney drill rap fatal stabbing

A social media beef between two rival western Sydney drill rap groups has been revealed as the catalyst behind a wild brawl that ended in a 19-year-old being stabbed to death.

The messages that sparked a fatal brawl between two rival western Sydney drill rap groups have been revealed as five members of “Money Over B****es” were jailed for the senseless stabbing death of a teenager.

Oliver Coleman, 19, was killed outside his Blacktown home when he was knifed in the heart during a vicious street brawl in September 2021.

Mr Coleman was fatally wounded and two other teenagers – including his brother – were injured after members of the “Money Over B****es” group was involved in a violent altercation with members of a rival group known as the “Queen Street Boys”.

The court was told that members of both sides were armed with dangerous weapons including knives, machetes and golf clubs.

Panashe Karise and Ibrahima Diallo and three teenagers – who can only be identified by their pseudonyms AD, AG and YA due to their age at the time – last week stood in Sydney’s Supreme Court as they were jailed for Mr Coleman’s manslaughter.

Justice Peter Hamill sentenced them to between six-and-a-half years and 10 years imprisonment.

Police in 2021 searching the William St crime scene after Oliver Coleman was stabbed to death. Picture: NewsWire/Jeremy Piper.

After facing trial earlier this year, a jury found Karise and Diallo, AD and AG not guilty of murder, but guilty of the lesser charge of manslaughter.

Then in November, days out from his trial, YA pleaded guilty to Mr Coleman’s manslaughter.

The court heard that the grief endured by Mr Coleman’s family following his death was compounded when his mother died in a car crash eight weeks later.

Justice Hamill said that the fatal altercation grew out of an “inexplicable hostility between two groups of young men” and drill rap music rivals, which had been sparked by a social media dispute.

The court heard that in the lead up to the fatal incident, members of the group were involved in social media and text exchanges, with one saying: “Cuz make sure … One of these … N****s … In the ground?

In another, AG said: “put one of n****z in (coffin emoji)”.

The court was told AD said in another message: “lol watch n**** y’all gone drop in your graves”.

In multiple messages the group referenced “blades” and circulated photos of Mr Coleman.

The group arrived at Mr Coleman’s William St home just after 9.30pm on September 1, 2021 yelling: “come out”.

Members of the group then bombard Mr Coleman with video chats, messages and audio messages as they stood outside calling him a “p***y” and telling him “aye, listen my n****. You didn’t come out your crib cuz.”

The court was told the brawl spread across three streets. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Jeremy Piper.

The group stood outside his home wearing balaclavas and brandishing kitchen knives.

A group of people, including Mr Coleman, came out of the house carrying golf clubs, a zombie knife and machete as they attacked the Money Over B****es group and “all hell broke loose”, Justice Hamill said.

The brawl spilt into three streets, with Justice Hamill saying that Mr Coleman was stabbed in the chest by AD.

The court was told Mr Coleman, who was carrying a large “zombie” knife, came behind the other group – who were surrounded on three sides.

“He started to fall or stumble forward while AD held his knife out in front of him or thrusted it in Oliver’s direction,” Justice Hamill said.

“The knife penetrated his chest, perforating part of the sternum and surrounding soft tissue. It entered his diaphragm and the right ventricle of his heart.”

During the brawl, one of Mr Coleman’s friends was stabbed 10 times and almost died after losing 2.4L of blood.

He only survived because of the work of paramedics.

The court was told Mr Coleman’s brother was also stabbed during the confrontation.

The group ran off but were arrested soon after, with three of the group sporting injuries when they were found.

Justice Hamill noted that all five offenders had dysfunctional childhoods.

Olive Coleman was stabbed through the heart. Picture: NewsWire/Jeremy Piper.

But he also noted a young man’s life had been ended.

“As in all such offences, human life has been taken away,” Justice Hamill said.

“The victim was still a child and had a long and promising future in front of him,” he said.

“The present offence did not involve an intention to kill or to inflict grievous bodily harm, but it was an offence of violence, involved the use of weapons and was committed in company in a public street.”

Karise was sentenced to a maximum of 10 years in jail, and will be eligible for release on parole after seven and a half years.

AD was jailed for eight years, with a five-year non-parole period while Diallo received a seven-year and six-month term, with five years non-parole.

AG was jailed for a maximum of six and a half years, with a four-year non-parole period, while YA was sentenced to six years and nine-months, with a four-hear, three-month non-parole period.

Originally published as Messages that sparked western Sydney drill rap fatal stabbing