YNW Melly has been moved to a brand new jail — his first since 2019 — which is the place he’ll keep till his double-murder retrial reaches a verdict.
The “Homicide on My Thoughts” rapper (actual identify Jamell Demons) has been incarcerated since he was accused of murdering his two childhood buddies — YNW Juvy and YNW Sakchaser — and based on inmate data obtained by HipHopDX, he has been moved from the Broward County Jail, the place he has been since turning himself in again in February of 2019, to the Paul Rein Detention Heart in Pompano Seashore, FL.
Per the power’s official web site, the Paul Rein Detention Heart is a maximum-security jail “the place employees works extra carefully with inmates and inmate motion is saved to a minimal. […] Due to direct supervision, greater safety danger inmates don’t have to depart their housing unit for visitation. A non-breakable window separates the housing unit from a visitation space and inmates and guests can speak on a built-in phone.”
Try the inmate data under. Cortlen Henry is YNW Bortlen, who’s charged with the murders alongside Melly; and Terrence Mathis is Melly’s co-defendant in a separate witness tampering case.
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Again in January, Decide John J. Murphy, III declared that the “Homicide On My Thoughts” rapper’s retrial for the alleged double homicide of his crew members YNW Sakchaser and YNW Juvy will start on March 5 “or as quickly thereafter as this [case] could also be heard,” based on a doc filed final week.
The expedited begin date comes as a result of Melly “has been in custody for greater than 750 days whereas awaiting trial,” the doc makes clear. The rapper was arrested in February 2019 and has seen his retrial pushed again quite a few occasions in current months.
Based on reporter Bryson Paul, Decide Murphy “expressed urgency in getting the retrial underway” at a court docket listening to on January 12.
Up to now, nevertheless, the trial has not but commenced.
YNW Melly is accused of conspiring with YNW Bortlen in October 2018 to kill Juvy and Sakchaser and stage their deaths as a drive-by capturing.
If Melly is convicted, he may face the demise penalty. A earlier trial ended final summer season with the jury unable to achieve a verdict.
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YNW Melly’s authorized battles, nevertheless, haven’t stopped him commenting on new music.
Final month, the incarcerated rapper took to his Instagram tales the place he stirred up drama, alleging that Ok Dot took a direct shot at him on “Like That” — contemporary off Future and Metro Boomin‘s new album We Don’t Belief You.
In a screenshot shared by DJ Akademiks, Melly highlighted a lyrical mix-up, mentioning a put up displaying Genius’ lyrics to “Like That,” which mistakenly mentions “Melly Mell” as a substitute of Hip Hop legend Melle Mel, the obvious goal of Kenny’s verse.
“Wasn’t prepared for this stray @kendricklamar [person talking and man facepalming emoji] you gone at the very least share my single at the moment [man shrugging emoji],” Melly wrote in his put up.
