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Video has emerged of the moment a controversial rapper is welcomed back to New Zealand after being deported from Australia for a violent attack on two pub patrons.
Salec ‘Lekks’ Sua, a founding member of the notorious Drill OneFour group, has landed in New Zealand after spending 4 1/2 years behind bars for his brutal beating at a pub in Sydney’s western suburbs.
Sua instigated a shocking fight in which two slot machine players were beaten with a hammer and a chair leg at Rooty Hill’s Carousel Inn in July 2018. He was deported from Australia after serving his sentence.
Images shared on the rap group’s Instagram channel last week showed Sua being welcomed to New Zealand. with an emotional hug from OneFour member Spencer ‘Spenny’ Magalogo.
OneFour Salec ‘Lekks’ Sua was welcomed home with an emotional hug from band member Spencer ‘Spenny’ Magalogo (pictured). Sua was deported to New Zealand after serving time behind bars for the brutal beating of two men in 2018.
The video shows the rapper walking down the street wearing a blue sweater and crossbody bag while wearing a white T-shirt, blue Nike shorts, white socks, and Adidas sandals.
Sua’s face is blurred in the video because the rapper is famous for covering his face with a bandana to hide his identity from the public.
In another clip shared on the same day, the pair are seen on stage performing to hundreds of OneFour fans as part of the Bay Dreams festival in Tauranga on New Zealand’s North Island.
Magalogo urged fans to rap so their voices would be heard by New Zealand Immigration and NSW Police, as a calm Sua walked across the stage.
“I’m going to need you to rap that shit so my brothers can listen to it all the way home,” Magalogo said.
And so that New Zealand Immigration and New South Wales Police can know that no matter how many chains you put on our hands and how many restrictions you put on the game, we’re still here to shut this fucking shit down. bottom’.
Salec ‘Lekks’ Sua (pictured), a founding member of the notorious Drill OneFour group, was sentenced to 4.5 years for violently attacking two innocent men while they were playing slots at the Rooty Carousel Inn in July 2018.
Sua was jailed in 2019 along with her groupmates ‘YP’ Misa and Dahcell ‘Celly’ Ramos for the brutal attack (pictured, fight footage)
Fans welcomed the rapper home, with Sua posting a comment saying he was “back in action” though he won’t be in Australia anytime soon.
During the fight in the pub, Sua pulled a chair leg out from under his clothing and struck a man three times, including twice in the head, a court heard at sentencing.
The former youth worker, and one of the original rappers for the popular Mt Druitt-based group, said he was “sorry” and urged others not to follow in his footsteps.
Judge James Bennett said the situation would have been worse if the bar’s security guards had not intervened.
‘[Sua] he was the instigator and participated vigorously, but fortunately, for his sake, the security guards held him back,” Judge Bennett said.
Another video shows Magalogo (left) and Sua (right) performing hours after the rapper returned to New Zealand as part of the Bay Dreams festival in Tauranga. Magalogo was heard urging fans to rap so the NSW Police can hear his voice, as Sua walked calmly across the stage (pictured left)
Judge Bennett called the group’s violence “extreme” and said the victim had suffered “deep injuries”, with one victim stating that she “wanted to die” during the attack.
Fellow rapper ‘YP’ Misa was jailed for four years, while Ramos received a 10-year jail sentence for wielding the hammer used in the brutal attack.
Sua’s visa was canceled in June 2020 and he was ultimately deported to New Zealand last year after his non-parole period was completed.
He was transferred to a detention center in 2021 after being paroled, where he remained until the Australian Border Force returned him to New Zealand.
Drill is a subgenre of hip hop that focuses on lyrics inspired by street life, which critics say glorifies violence (OneFour pictured)
Drill has become the most controversial subgenre of hip hop, being criticized by authorities around the world for glorifying and inciting violence with lyrics inspired by street life.
The OneFour member YP, who was initially sentenced to four years, was paroled last December, with Instagram photos showing him celebrating with a tower of champagne.
Ramos, whose long sentence included a separate incident, will be eligible for parole in June 2023, after his sentence was reduced to a minimum of four years and nine months on appeal.
Remaining OneFour members J Emz and Spenny continued to manage the band for Under while their mates were in lockdown, releasing the debut EP ‘Against All Odds’ in 2020.