A rising Florida rapper who publicly mourned the deaths of two close friends and called them members of one rap “family” has now been charged with their murders.
Jamell Demons, known by his stage name YNW Melly, was charged on Wednesday, Feb. 13, with first-degree murder in the killing of Anthony Williams and Christopher Thomas Jr., according to Miramar police. He was booked into Broward’s jail shortly before 7 p.m. Wednesday, according to records cited by the Sun Sentinel.
