TruArtSpeak brings new hip-hop program to the Children’s Museum; art shanties return to Lake Harriet; a brewery book fair in Minneapolis and Congolese music at St. Paul’s Como Zoo conservatory.

The Story of YNW Melly, a Complex and Spotify Studios show about how YNW Melly is at the center of a violent murder that tore a group of best friends and a Florida town apart. Hosted by Ace Hood.

In the late 2010s, Florida was churning out a new generation of rap stars - and YNW Melly looked primed to be the next big thing out of the Sunshine State. With a knack for melodic storytelling and a ...

Prosecutors will not be allowed to use crucial information gathered from the early stages of the murder case against rapper Jamell “YNW Melly” Demons, according to a ruling issued Wednesday by the ...

Rapper Cortlen Henry, known as YNW Bortlen, accepted a plea deal for his role in the 2018 murders of two fellow YNW rap group members. Henry pleaded no contest to accessory charges and was sentenced ...

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YNW Melly wants to replace his legal team with President Trump’s former lawyer after YNW Bortlen’s plea deal. YNW Melly is shaking up his legal team just days after YNW Bortlen accepted a plea deal ...

Cortlen Henry, a member of the YNW Collective rap group and alleged accomplice of rapper YNW Melly, accepted a plea deal Tuesday regarding the 2018 killings of two fellow group members. What are the ...

A day after YNW Melly’s confidant and codefendant accepted a plea agreement, prosecutors expounded on why they offered Cortlen Henry a fortuitous deal — which will require him to detail his role in ...

The man accused of helping rapper YNW Melly carry out a double murder in Miramar back in 2018 accepted a plea deal the day before his own murder trial was set to begin. Cortlen Henry faced 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 ...