YNW Melly fans and casual internet sleuths have tried to connect the rapper’s hit song, “Murder on my Mind,” with his arrest Feb. 13.
One potential catch: The song was released in 2017, 19 months before authorities say the rising young rapper from Gifford shot and killed two friends and fellow Treasure Coast-area rappers.
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Here is a timeline of his earliest criminal charges to his most recent musical success.
Oct. 19, 2015: Jamell Demons, aka YNW Melly, then 16, was arrested after police said he fired a gun near Vero Beach High School. Demons was charged with three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and one count of discharging a firearm in public.
March 2017: Demons released “Murder on my Mind” as a single on SoundCloud before it was added to his album “I AM YOU.”
June 30, 2018: Demons was arrested in Lee County on drugs and firearms charges.
Aug. 3, 2018: YNW Melly published the music video for “Murder on my Mind” on YouTube.
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Oct. 22, 2018: YNW Melly’s documentary completed filming.
Oct. 26, 2018: Two young rappers from the Treasure Coast were shot and killed in South Florida, according to the Miramar Police Department.
Christopher Thomas Jr., aka YNW Juvy, 19, of Gifford, and Anthony Williams, aka YNW Sakchaser, 21, of Fort Pierce, both were driven to Memorial Hospital Miramar about 4:35 a.m. that morning, police said. They were already dead.
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Dec. 4, 2018: YNW Melly released a documentary about his success on YouTube. At the end, the documentary states, “Four days after the completion of this film, YNW Melly and his friends were the targets of a shooting in Miami, Florida.”
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Demons’ mom said she got pregnant at 14 and gave birth in ninth grade.
“Gifford, it can make you or break you,” she said, clearly proud of her son’s newfound success.
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Jan. 3, 2019: YNW Melly began a 25-day jail sentence after pleading to marijuana possession charges in Lee County.
Feb. 12: YNW Bortlen was arrested in Texas, extradited to Broward County and charged with first-degree murder and accessory after the fact in the deaths of Thomas and Williams.
Feb. 13:YNW Melly turned himself in to Miramar police and also was arrested on charges of premeditated murder.
Feb. 14: Broward County Judge Jackie Powell ordered both Demons and Henry held without bail, and also instructed them not to contact each other, according to the Sun Sentinel.
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Feb. 16: After his arrest, YNW Melly’s song, “Murder on my Mind” climbed to No. 1 on Apple Music.
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Feb. 20: “Murder on my Mind” was No. 8 on the United States Top 50 chart on Spotify, and No. 10 on the United States Viral 50.
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