A man has been found guilty of the manslaughter of up-and-coming rapper Carl Beatson Asiedu.

The 19-year-old Norbury performer, part of rap duo Kid and Play, was stabbed in the heart outside a nightclub in Kennington in August, 2009.

At the Old Bailey yesterday Junior Ademujimi-Falade, of Landor House, Elmington Estate, Camberwell, was found guilty of his manslaughter.

The 21-year-old was tried under joint enterprise.

Mr Beatson Asiedu was a major name in the clubbing scene and a successful DJ called DJ Charmz.

He had just performed at Club Life nightclub in Kennington on August 1 alongside his friend DJ Sayps.

A gang of 11 guys accosted them as they walked along Goding Street and in the melee Mr Beatson Asiedu was stabbed.

The gang ran from the scene and returned to the club as Mr Beatson Asiedu lay dying in the street.

His friends put him in a car and tried to drive him to hospital but were stopped by police as they jumped a red light.

Emergency services were called and ambulance crew performed open heart surgery on Mr Beatson Asiedu but he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Detectives made extensive enquiries and gathered CCTV evidence which led to them tracking down Ademuji-Falade as one of the 11 men involved.

He will be sentenced at the Old Bailey on December 2.

Speaking at the time of his death, the family of Mr Beatson Asiedu said: “"The loss of our brother Carl, has left my family, his friends and anyone privileged enough to know him, shattered and devastated.

“The irreparable damage and the void we now feel in our lives for our only brother and an only son is indescribable. How can it be that parents or older siblings should select a coffin for the baby of the family?”

“Carl was extremely talented, charming and always smiling. Carl was so funny he could make you cry with laughter; he was so unique that he was and always will be unforgettable. “ Carl was a student at St Francis Xavier School in Clapham before studying at De Monfort university.

A man is still wanted by police in connection with the murder and enquiries to find him continue, said police.

Three other men who were in the group were convicted of violent disorder in May 2011, while Junior Okafor, 23, was sentenced to four years in jail after helping his brother Jeffrey Okafor, a suspect for Mr Beatson Asiedu’s murder, to escape to Nigeria.