Trevell Gerald Coleman[1][2] (born November 19, 1974),[3] better known by his stage name G. Dep (which stands for "Ghetto Dependent"),[4] is an American rapper from Harlem, New York City.
After meeting with Sean Combs in 1998, G. Dep was signed to a $350,000, five-album deal with Bad Boy Records.
[10] Coleman's criminal record includes arrests for drug offenses, burglary and grand larceny more than 25 times since 2003.
[14] On December 15, 2010, Coleman walked into the 25th Precinct to confess to a cold case crime, the murder of a Queens man in 1993.
[13] On October 19, 1993, John Henkel was shot in the chest by a .40-caliber handgun outside of James Weldon Johnson Houses on Park Avenue and East 114th Street.
Coleman stated that he ambushed and shot Henkel during an attempted robbery and fled the scene, throwing his weapon into the East River.
[6] Coleman pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder at his appearance in the New York Supreme Court on January 13, 2011.