US rapper charged with double murder

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US rapper YNW Melly has been arrested and charged with murdering two other rappers, both said to have been his childhood friends, in Florida.

The Florida-based rapper has been signed to Young Thug's label, YSL Records, since 2018.He first found popularity after posting his music on hosting website Sound Cloud aged 15 - and has since amassed tens of millions of streams and views online.

Last year he released a song, Mixed Personalities, alongside Grammy-award winning rapper Kanye West.

One of his best-known tracks is a song called Murder on My Mind - which has almost 90m views on YouTube.