Photo: Miramar Police Department
YNW Melly‘s song “Murder on My Mind” skyrocketed up the charts weeks after the rapper was arrested in February for allegedly shooting two of his friends.
“Murder on My Mind” jumped to No. 14 on theBillboard Hot 100 chartfor the week of March 2, moving up from its previous position of 59.
The chorus repeats, “Bitch, I got murder on my mind (Bitch, I got murder on my mind) / I got murder on my mind (On my mind).”
Fans have taken notice of the lyrics on Twitter, paralleling the song with the account of Melly’s arrest invariousmemes.
Williams and Thomas Jr. were both pronounced dead at Memorial Hospital Miramar after suffering multiple gunshot wounds.
Henry, 26, told police he and the two victims had just wrapped a late-night studio session when a car pulled up on his driver’s side and opened fire as he was pulling off the freeway, TMZ reported. Cops confirmed there were eight bullet holes along the right side of the vehicle where Williams and Thomas Jr. sat, and Henry escaped injury.
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Additionally, the outlet reports that cops say Melly and Henry drove around with the bodies of Williams and Thomas Jr. after they had been shot “for a period of time” before driving to the hospital. Henry later told police that Melly was, in fact, in the same car with them but eventually got into another vehicle.
Williams was also known as YNW Sakchaser and Thomas Jr. was known as YNW Juvy. Both rappers werefeatured on a documentaryabout Melly posted on Melly’s YouTube page. It was not immediately clear as to what sparked the alleged altercation.
On Feb. 13, Melly, revealed on Instagram that he would be turning himself in to authorities.
“To all my fans and supporters… I am turning my self in today,” Melly wrote.
Just after the murder, Melly’s attorney Bradford Cohen said,according to theSun Sentinel,the rapper is “sad, he’s upset, obviously.”
“Those are his best friends,” Cohen said.
source: people.com
