KAMLOOPS, B.C. – An aspiring hip-hop artist who posted a threatening and profanity-laced song on YouTube has been sentenced to 30 days in jail.
Colin Goddard, who goes by the stage name Buzzbomb, pleaded guilty to uttering threats, possession of crystal meth and breach of a court order.
Crown lawyer Camille Cook told provincial court judge Chris Cleaveley that Goddard’s girlfriend of five years ago was made aware of the threats in the song when it was posted on her Facebook wall early last year by a third party.
“Essentially, it’s a lyrical song, a rap, threatening to kill her,” Cook said.
She said RCMP ordered the account frozen, but it remained available on YouTube on the day of Goddard’s sentencing.
In the four-minute rap, Goddard begins by singing, “It just so happens I’m in one of my foul moods again.”
He then accuses the woman of stealing his son and fantasizes about killing her: “It’s time for the situation to be addressed/This is how I’m going to manifest/Your death/When I’m high on crystal meth …”
The song includes graphic discussion of killing her with a shotgun and using a knife.
Defence lawyer Renzo Caron said Goddard admits there was a degree of “lashing out” against his ex-girlfriend.
The two had a son together and the rap may have been generated after an access dispute.
“Any artistic motive was inappropriate,” Caron said.
The 37-year-old lives on a disability pension and has a criminal record for related convictions.
Goddard failed to appear in court in November for his scheduled trial on the matter.
He was also arrested in June 2015 in Nelson, when he was found with four grams of methamphetamine.
He failed to report for probation and was arrested in Alberta on March 23. He has been in custody since then.
Calling the threats in the song “a very serious matter,” Cleaveley opted to give Goddard a 30-day sentence, as well as one day in jail on each on the other two counts.
He will also serve a six-month probation, including a term of counselling.
“You should be rightly ashamed,” Cleaveley said.