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Jamell Demons, better known as rapper YNW Melly, speaks with one of his attorneys during a hearing before his trial at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale on Friday, Oct. 13, 2023.
Jamell Demons, better known by his stage name YNW Melly, is currently awaiting a new trial in a double murder case. Recently named dropped by Kendrick Lamar during his rap feud with Drake and J ...
YNW Melly, who grew up in Gifford, Fla., pleaded not guilty to the murders of Anthony Williams, 21, and Christopher Thomas, 19, in Broward County on Oct. 26, 2018.
A friend of Melly — and the victims — said he was never interviewed by detectives but saw Melly at their home at the time of the murders.
YNW Melly had his breakout in 2017 and went on to work with Kanye West on “Mixed Personalities,” which was released in January 2019, a month before Demons, 24, was arrested on murder charges.
YNW Melly’s highly publicized double murder case has officially closed for now. On Saturday, July 22, a South Florida district judge stepped in to declare a mistrial after the jury could not ...
Jurors were unable to come to a verdict in YNW Melly’s double murder trial. The 12-member panel informed Broward Circuit Court Judge John Murphy on Saturday that they were deadlocked on the ...
YNW Melly, whose birth name is Jamell Demons, is facing murder charges for the deaths of 19-year-old Christopher Thomas Jr. and 21-year-old Anthony Williams. Over the summer, Melly’s first trial ...
The double murder trial of rapper Jamell “YNW Melly” Demons came to a halt and won’t resume until Monday. The judge told jurors in the high-profile trial Wednesday that one of the defense ...
Rapper YNW Melly on trial for double murder: What we've learned so far Jamell Demons, whose stage name is YNW Melly, is facing two first-degree murder charges in the Oct. 26, 2018 killings of 21 ...
Rapper YNW Melly received good news on Saturday as a mistrial was declared in his years-long double murder case that sought the death penalty for a 2018 incident in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Melly, who… ...