YNW Melly's motion to substitute his legal team ahead of his double-murder retrial has been granted. On Wednesday (Sept. 24), Melly appeared in Broward County Court, where Judge Martin Fein ruled on ...

Cortlen Henry, the man accused of helping Jamell “YNW Melly” Demons stage a double murder scene to make it look like a drive-by shooting nearly seven years ago, pleaded no contest Tuesday to two ...

Rapper YNW Melly’s confidant and co-defendant — accused of participating in the murder of two associates in 2019 and covering up the killings to look like a drive-by shooting — accepted a plea deal in ...

Jamell “YNW Melly” Demons is asking a Broward judge for permission to change lawyers, blaming prosecutors for forcing his hand by investigating a prominent member of his outgoing defense team. Melly, ...

The long-running legal battle surrounding rapper YNW Melly has taken yet another turn. A Florida appeals court has officially pushed back his highly anticipated retrial to January 2027, extending a ...

YNW Melly’s retrial for double murder won’t happen until 2027, meaning he’ll spend nearly a decade in jail before facing a jury again. YNW Melly is about to spend yet another year behind bars because ...

Here we go. YNW Melly is set to return to court in September 2025 to face retrial in the high-profile double murder case that has followed him for years. The Florida rapper, born Jamell Demons, is ...

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 wrote the song ...

Rapper YNW Melly will remain behind bars after his legal team sought to have him placed on house arrest as he awaits a double murder trial. In an order issued Monday, Broward Circuit Court Judge ...

YNW Melly was name-dropped in Kendrick Lamar's "Euphoria." YNW Melly has a second trial scheduled for September. YNW Melly is from Gifford, Florida. Famed Gifford rapper Jamell Demons, known as YNW ...

This story was produced in partnership with The Garrison Project, an independent, nonpartisan organization addressing the crisis of mass incarceration and policing. Cortlen Henry pulled his Jeep into ...