YNW Melly also known as Jamell Maurice Demons is a African-Amercian rapper from Florida who has been in a lot of news headlines lately. Melly is from Gifford, Florida born and raised there. He grew up with his mom as a kid but didn't see his father till the end of his teenage life around 17. Melly is most famous for songs like Murder on my Mind, Melly the Menace, Mixed Personalties, and a song that was orginaly written in jail when he was 18 but didnt produce it until Aug 2nd of 2018.
Melly started getting on the charts when he dropped Murder on my mind the original and 1st audio for this song was relased March 9th of 2017. But on Feb 13th of 2019 YNW Melly was taken into custody and charged with 2 counts of 1st degree murder. The victims were his friends and a part of his group YNW. The victims where 19-year-old Christopher Thomas Jr aka YNW Juvy and 21 year old Anthony Williams aka YNW Sackcahser. According to the same Miramar Police Department they say that the last time they saw the group all together was in Fort Lauderdale about 3:20 a.m they took the two young men were taken into the hospital at 4:35 am where they were already dead. The Miramar Police DEP said that the murders of the two young men was set up to look like a drive-by shooting. Police say after the shooting, Melly and Bortlen took drove around with their friends dead bodies for almost an hour before taking them into the hospital.
This is what is happening right now: it's an ongoing investigation, there will be more information when his trial is happening. The state of Florida is attempting to give YNWelly the death penalty. As for YNW Bortlen, he has pleaded not guilty as of March 2019.