OneFour rapper Salec ‘Lekks’ Sua welcomed home with emotional hug after deportation to New Zealand

Video has emerged of the moment a controversial rapper is welcomed back to New Zealand after being deported from Australia for a violent attack on two pub patrons.

Salec ‘Lekks’ Sua – a founding member of the notorious Drill group OneFour – touched down in New Zealand after serving 4.5 years behind bars for the brutal bashing at a pub in Sydney‘s western suburbs. 

Sua instigated a shocking brawl where two pokie players were bashed with a hammer and a chair leg at Rooty Hill’s Carousel Inn in July 2018. He was kicked out of Australia after serving his sentence. 

Footage shared on the rap group’s Instagram channel last week showed Sua being welcomed to NZ with an emotional hug by fellow OneFour member Spencer ‘Spenny’ Magalogo. 

OneFour Salec ‘Lekks’ Sua was welcomed home with an emotional hug by fellow group member Spencer ‘Spenny’ Magalogo (pictured). Sua was deported to New Zealand after serving time behind bars for the brutal bashing of two men in 2018

The video shows the rapper walking down the street carrying a blue jumper and cross body bag while donned in a white t-shirt, blue Nike shorts, white socks and Adidas slides.

Sua’s face is blurred in the video because the rapper is famous for covering his face with a scarf to conceal his identity from the public.

In another clip shared on the same day, the pair are seen onstage performing to hundreds of OneFour fans as part of the Bay Dreams festival in Tauranga, on the North Island of New Zealand.

Magalogo urged fans to rap along so their voices are heard by New Zealand Immigration and NSW Police, while a quiet Sua paced across the stage.  

‘I’m going to need you to rap that s**t so that my brothers can hear it all the way back home,’ Magalogo said.  

‘And so that the New Zealand Immigration and the NSW Police can know that no matter how many chains you put on our hands and restrictions you put on the game, we’re still here to shut this motherf***ing s**t down’. 

Salec ‘Lekks’ Sua (pictured), a founding member of the notorious Drill group OneFour, was sentenced to 4.5 years for violently attacking two innocent men while they played pokies at the Rooty Carousel Inn in July 2018

Sua was jailed in 2019 along with fellow group members ‘YP’ Misa and Dahcell ‘Celly’ Ramos for the brutal attack (pictured, footage of the brawl)

Fans welcomed the rapper home, with Sua posting a comment saying he was ‘back in action’ – although he won’t be in Australia anytime soon. 

During the pub brawl, Sua had pulled a chair leg from underneath his clothes and struck one man three times, including twice to head, a court heard upon sentencing.

The former youth worker – and one of the original rappers of the popular Mt Druitt-based group – said he was ‘remorseful’ and urged others to not follow in his steps. 

Judge James Bennett said the situation would have been worse if the security guards at the pub did not intervene.  

‘[Sua] was the instigator and was strenuously involved but was held back fortunately – for his sake – by the security guards,’ Judge Bennett said. 

Another video shows Magalogo (left) and Sua (right) performing hours after the rapper returned to New Zealand as part of the Bay Dreams festival in Tauranga. Magalogo was heard urging fans to rap along so that NSW Police can hear their voices, while Sua paced the stage quietly (pictured, left)

Judge Bennett slammed the group’s violence as ‘extreme’ and said the victim had suffered ‘profound injuries’, with one victim claiming he ‘wanted to die’ during the attack. 

His fellow rapper ‘YP’ Misa was jailed for four years, while Ramos was given a 10 year jail sentence as he wielded the hammer used in the vicious attack.

Sua’s visa was cancelled in June 2020 and he was eventually deported to New Zealand last year after his non-parole period was completed.

He was moved to a detention centre in 2021 after being granted parole, where he remained up until he was returned to New Zealand by Australian Border Force. 

Drill is a subgenre of hip hop that focuses on street-life inspired lyrics, which its detractors say glorifies violence (pictured, OneFour)

Drill has become the most controversial subgenre of hip hop, coming under fire from authorities across the globe for glorifying and inciting violence with street-life inspired lyrics.

Fellow OneFour member YP, who was initially sentenced to four years, was released on parole last December, with Instagram photos showing him celebrating with a champagne tower.

Ramos – whose lengthy sentence included a separate incident – will be eligible for parole in June 2023, after his sentence was reduced to a minimum of four years and nine months upon appeal.

Remaining OneFour members J Emz and Spenny continued to run the band down Under while their mates were locked up, releasing debut EP ‘Against All Odds’ in 2020.