Rapper YNW Melly appeared in U.S. Federal Court Friday for the first time as his defense team tries to get him released from ...

The Broward Sheriff’s Office must file a detailed response by Dec. 6 explaining why Melly shouldn’t be immediately from jail.

Before his arrest for double murder in 2019, YNW Melly was one of the most promising names in rap. Raised by a single mother in Gifford, Fla., he uploaded his first songs to SoundCloud in 2015.

On Tuesday (Jan. 7), Broward Circuit Judge Martin Fein put the incarcerated rapper under oath to discuss his legal situation. Melly was on the second of a two-day “all pending motions” hearing where ...

South Florida rapper YNW Melly is going to court–again–for the shooting deaths of his friends in 2018, after his first murder trial ended in a hung jury and thus a mistrial in July 2023.

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on X (Opens in new window) Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Jamell Demons, better known as rapper YNW Melly ...