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 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.

Note: An earlier version of this story originally appeared under the same headline on Wednesday, February 20, 2019. In February 2019, Florida hip-hop artist YNW Melly was arrested and charged with ...

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.

Gifford rapper Jamell Demons, known professionally as YNW Melly, has made a name for himself in the music and judicial world over the last few years. In 2023, his death penalty trial was ...

YNW Melly is a rapper at the center of a double murder trial that took South Florida by storm in 2023. From evidence suppression to a recused prosecutor to a hung jury, the trial has been full of ...

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.

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… ...

YNW Melly was framed. It’s the only explanation that makes sense considering the evidence, the lack of evidence, and the conflicts in the evidence, according to the holdout juror whose commit… ...

YNW Melly's real name is Jamell Demons. He grew up in Gifford, Indian River County, Florida. He could be retried Sept. 10 and receive the death penalty if found guilty.

YNW Melly, 25, filed a lawsuit accusing the Broward Sheriff's Office of mistreatment in jail at the Broward County Jail in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Cop Your XXL Merch Now YNW Melly could be released from jail in December if the Broward County Sheriff’s Office can’t explain why he shouldn’t be freed. YNW Melly Judge Orders BSO to Show ...