[News] Gangster rapper, ‘Champaz’ jailed with two others for running heroin and cocaine empire

 

A British gangster rapper has been jailed alongside two others for running a huge heroin and cocaine dealing empire.

 

The rapper, ‘Champaz’, whose real name is Rayal Eastwood, used the encrypted EncroChat network to set up large drug deals across Birmingham and London before spending the money on flash motors.

 

 

The 38-year-old portrayed himself on social media as a singer, rapper, and producer who creates ‘some of the most controversial lyrics in dancehall scenery’. But in reality, he was making money from running a large-scale drug dealing enterprise alongside Dakarai Thomas, 37, and 41-year-old Zadengel Raphael.

 

According to Mail Online, a court heard the trio used phone messaging which they believed offered under-the-radar conversations police couldn’t trace. But law enforcement agencies in Europe had developed a technique to infiltrate EncroChat and information was passed on to West Midlands Police.