Rapper YNW Melly appeared in court Friday for hearings ... two counts of witness tampering, planning criminal gang activities, and attempting to solicit a capital felony. His next hearing is ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Jamell Demons, the rapper known professionally as YNW Melly, is finally due back in court Dec. 5, but it won’t be to pick up where his murder retrial left off.

YNW Melly’s ex-girlfriend Mariah Hamilton was arrested after re-entering the U.S. after she skipped testifying in YNW Melly’s high-profile murder case. Since 1998, AllHipHop.com has pioneered ...