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YNW Melly is currently behind bars awaiting his retrial, but his legal team is pushing for him to be released immediately. According to AllHipHop, his attorney Michael A. Pizzi Jr. filed a 12-page lawsuit against the Brown Sheriff's Office earlier this week in which he alleges that the rapper is being kept in inhumane conditions. Allegedly, this includes being held in solitary confinement for roughly three years without being allowed any visits or phone calls.
The petition describes the conditions that Melly is being kept in as allegedly cruel and unusual. Pizzi Jr. alleges that they violate Melly's first, fifth, sixth, eighth, and fourteenth amendment rights. He also alleges that Melly's attorneys have had issues communicating with him. This allegedly includes being denied entry, being made to wait for several hours, and more.
The petition also details an incident that took place in April of 2022, when another inmate allegedly falsely accused Melly of planning to escape. Allegedly, this resulted in Melly getting hit with even more communication restrictions and a full shakedown of his cell. “These restrictions are not related to any legitimate security concerns and are instead punitive measures designed to deteriorate Melly’s mental health and impede his ability to prepare for his trial,” Pizzi Jr. alleges. “No non-black inmates are subjected to such punitive restrictions.”
“The emotional and psychological toll of his prolonged isolation is enormous,” he also alleges. “The ongoing interference with his right to counsel is a blatant violation of his constitutional rights.” Melly's retrial is currently scheduled to begin on September 10, 2025. What do you think of YNW Melly's legal team alleging that he's been kept in inhumane conditions behind bars? What about them requesting that he be released immediately? Share your thoughts in the comments section down below and keep an eye on HNHH for more updates.
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Alex Wolff has spoken about forming a “musical spark” with Billie Eilish that led to their current tour together.
The Hereditary actor’s musical project with his brother, Nat & Alex Wolff, is opening on Eilish’s ongoing ‘Hit Me Hard and Soft’ tour, while the trio recently collaborated on single ‘Soft Kissing Hour’.
Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Wolff detailed how he and Eilish connected at the Oscars and Coachella, admitting he’s “not really sure” if the ‘Birds Of A Feather’ singer was a fan of their music beforehand.
“We just met and hit it off [at an Oscars party], and then there was a weekend at Coachella where we played songs back and forth,” he recalled. “There was this musical spark that went off, and it was just an immediate connection.
“And then Nat [Wolff] played her his new song ‘Soft Kissing Hour,’ and she just said, ‘Oh, I want to produce that song.’ So we got really lucky that she produced it and sang on it, and it’s one of our favorites that we’ve made.”
Wolff called it “a great privilege to get to have her as a friend and to get to play music with her”, adding: “It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. We really believe she’s the voice of her generation.”
As well as Hereditary, Wolff recently starred in Oppenheimer and A Quiet Place: Day One.
Eilish is currently in the middle of the North American leg of her ‘Hit Me Hard and Soft’ tour, which will be hitting the UK and Ireland next summer – including six nights at London’s O2 Arena. You can click here for any remaining North American tickets, and here for UK and Ireland tickets.
Meanwhile, Eilish recently shared her shock at learning that Rihanna wanted her as a dream musical collaborator. Responding in her Instagram Stories, Eilish wrote: “What in the absolute fuck oh my god what the fuck”.
Last month, Eilish performed her songs ‘Birds Of A Feather’ and ‘Wildflower’ on Saturday Night Live alongside her brother Finneas.
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