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Jamell Demons is an ongoing American criminal case in Florida's 17th Judicial Circuit in which rapper Jamell Demons, commonly known by his stage name YNW Melly, was accused of murdering his two friends, Anthony D'Andre Williams (YNW Sakchaser) and Christopher Jermaine Thomas Jr. (YNW Juvy) in October 2018.
Another rapper, Donte "Tha Gift" Taylor, claims to be YNW Melly's father. [12] His mother was 14 years old when she became pregnant with him, giving birth to him in ninth grade. Later moving to a poorer part of Gifford, she struggled to pay for housing and basic necessities. [12] [13] Demons joined the Bloods gang at a young age. [13]
Melly, best known for hit song “Murder on My Mind,” was arrested on two counts of first-degree murder on Feb. 13, 2019. ... The 24-year-old’s death penalty case is among the first considered ...
Jury will decide in YNW Melly murder trial The 24-year-old’s case is among the first being considered after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a law to lower the threshold for a death sentence to ...
Jury will decide in YNW Melly murder trial The 24-year-old’s case is among the first being considered after Gov. Florida Ron DeSantis signed a law to lower the threshold for a death sentence to ...
In March of that year, Melly released "Murder on My Mind" on SoundCloud, which gained viral popularity the following year. Despite being a sleeper hit, the song reached number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100, leading to his signing with 300 Entertainment, which re-released the song as a single to promote his debut mixtape, I Am You (2018).
Jamell Demons, better known as rapper YNW Melly, speaks to someone in the courtroom gallery during a hearing in his trial at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale on Friday, Oct. 6, 2023.
Witnesses for the prosecution of Jamell Demons, the rapper known professionally as YNW Melly, have placed the defendant in the car where his friends, Christopher Thomas and Anthony Williams, met ...