Stratford rapper still living with his mum jailed for selling cocaine and heroin

Officers recovered a mobile phone after raiding Antoine's flat
-Credit:Essex Police


A rapper from East London has been jailed for selling drugs in Essex. County line dealer Jordan Antoine, 30, from Simons Walk, Stratford, flooded Thurrock and Essex with hard drugs.

Antoine has now been sentenced to five years and seven months behind bars. Antoine sang under the name Charlie Brown - slang terms for cocaine and heroin - with songs glamorising crime. But Essex Police has now confirmed that Antoine wasn’t making his money from rapping and was living with his mum.

Antoine pleaded guilty to the three counts of being concerned in the supply of cocaine, crack cocaine and heroin and was given a seven-year custodial sentence. But this was slashed by 20 per cent due to his early guilty plea and the forfeiture of the cash seized.

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‘He was still living with his mum’

Detective Constable Dominic Campling led the investigation. He clarified that Antoine was an unsuccesful rapper, and not to be taken seriously. “Jordan Antoine’s YouTube videos could fool you into thinking he was a successful rapper. He glamorised the gangster lifestyle – penthouse flat, fast cars, drugs, piles of cash and casual references to serious violence.

“In reality, his life was very different. He was still living part-time with his mum and running a drugs line operating in Thurrock, supplying users with Class A substances.

“County Lines drugs dealing ruins lives and destroy communities. It exploits the most vulnerable people in society and lures in children to work as street dealers with false promises.

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“Jordan Antoine’s case should be a warning to anyone tempted to getting involved in that lifestyle. There’s nothing glamorous about spending years of your life in prison.”

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