Was Rapper YNW Melly Stabbed To Death In Prison?

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Claim: The rapper YNW Melly, real name Jamell Demons, was stabbed to death in prison in December 2019. Rating: False False

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In December 2019, readers inquired about several online posts that purported to announce the death of the rapper YNW Melly, whose real name is Jamell Demons.

On Dec. 9 and Dec. 10, posts emerged on various unreliable websites — including two that invite users to "prank your friends" — falsely claiming that the 20-year-old had been stabbed to death in prison. On Dec. 9, the website Channel 45 News published a short invites users to "create a prank and trick your friends" by generating a vaguely authentic-looking fake news post from a headline and text inputted by the user, as shown below:

Another user posted a second fake article using the prank news generator NSFNews. That post had the headline "YNW Melly Stabbed in Jail" and invites users to "Write an article and prank your friends for fun."

Based on these demonstrably fabricated stories, rumors of Demons' demise spread quickly on social media and other websites, including Market News, which shared what they described as "unconfirmed" reports that the rapper had been killed.

The spread of the rumor was fueled in part by the fact that Demons was indeed in prison in December 2019, adding a modicum of credibility to claims that he had been killed there. In February 2019, Demons was arrested and charged with two counts of first-degree murder and has since been incarcerated in Broward County Jail in Florida, according to prison

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