Posted by Toronto, Canada – Toronto rapper Top5 was on the run from authorities after he was accused of killing Hashim Omar Hashi in January 2021, but Toronto law enforcement finally got a hold of him. According to a report from CTV News, Top5 was released by American officials and is currently in custody with Toronto police where he is being charged with first-degree murder.
The United States District Court for the Central District of California say Top5 identified as “a fugitive from the Government of Canada” and signed an affidavit of consent to extradition to his home country on December 9, 2021. Top, whose real name is Hassan Abdibarik Ali, had been living it up in Los Angeles, California, promoting his new music after posting bail and cutting off an ankle monitor.
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Courts confirmed Top5 was competent enough to “knowingly and voluntarily” give consent with a lawyer present. U.S. authorities also said Top is a member of the “Go Getem Gang” which has something to do with his alleged involvement in the shooting death of 20-year-old Hashim Omar Hashi. The accounting student was mistaken for a person the shooters thought killed Top’s brother, Said Ali, also known as “Foolish.”
“Ali subsequently discussed killing people in retaliation for his brother’s death on social media posts, including one less than three days before the murder,” court filings say. The courts also said Top is not suspected of being the gunman, but a passenger in the same vehicle.
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Top was originally arrested on accessory to murder charges in February 2021 but released on bail in late March.
One of the direct conditions of his bail was not to use Instagram but he continued to promote his music on the app proclaiming his innocence around the murder
“The only run I know is the treadmill,” Ali responded with a laugh in a clip last year. “I didn’t do shit. Save that for God.”
Top’s involvement in the murder hasn’t been proven in court, but he does have an appearance scheduled for Friday morning (February 18) in a Toronto court.