Rapper YNW Melly’s lyrics could be used against him in double murder retrial

Jamell Demons, known as YNW Melly, to go on trial next year in Florida for allegedly killing two fellow rappers five years ago

Jamell Demons, known to millions of rap fans as YNW Melly, will go on trial early next year in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for a double murder he allegedly committed five years ago.

But after a mistrial on the same charges in July, Florida prosecutors are now controversially planning to introduce his lyrics into evidence in a case that could carry the death penalty if he is convicted.