Big Lurch

American rapper and convicted murderer

Antron Singleton (born September 15, 1976), better known by his stage name Big Lurch, is an American rapper, poet and convicted murderer. He is serving a life sentence for murdering 21 year old roommate Tynisha Ysais and eating parts of her body in April 2002. He was a member of the group Cosmic Slop Shop.

Born on September 15, 1976, Singleton grew up in Dallas, Texas. He began writing poetry at age seven. Singleton started his rap career as a member of the hip hop group Cosmic Slop Shop. The group fell apart in 1999, after releasing their album Da Family (1998), and Singleton pursued a solo career which was cut short in 2002, when he murdered his roommate Tynisha Ysais. He has been in prison for the crime, without the possibility of parole, since November 7, 2003. His only solo album, It's All Bad, was released in 2004.

On April 10, 2002, 25 year old Singleton murdered his 21 year old roommate in Los Angeles, California. The victim was found in her apartment at night by a friend. He had been convicted of murder and aggravated mayhem the previous June after pleading not guilty by reason of insanity at the time of the murder. In 2003, Ysais' mother filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Singleton, his bodyguard, Stress Free Records, Death Row Records, and Ysais' boyfriend. The suit charged that the labels had provided Singleton with drugs "to encourage [him] to act out in an extreme violent manner so as to make him more marketable as a 'gangsta rap' artist." "Part of what makes a Gangsta Rap artist marketable is the fact that the artist is a participant in violent activities," the lawsuit claimed. Singleton was interviewed for the 2011 documentary Rhyme and Punishment. His was one of two stories of drug intoxicated cannibalism depicted in a 2013 television pilot. He is currently incarcerated at Kern Valley State Prison in Kern County.