A jury on Monday found three men guilty in the 2018 death of rapper XXXTentacion.
Trayvon Newsome, 24, Dedrick Williams, 26, and Michael Boatwright, 28, were convicted of first-degree murder and armed robbery after eight days of deliberations. Robert Allen, 26, had previously pleaded guilty to robbery with a firearm and second-degree murder in exchange for his testimony against the others.
The men ambushed XXXTentacion, whose real name was Jahseh Dwayne Onfroy, outside a business in Deerfield Beach, Florida and shot him. He was 20.
At one point in the trial, a lawyer for one of the accused wanted Drake to sit for a deposition, claiming that the Canadian rapper's alleged feud with XXXtentacion could have been behind the fatal shooting. (In a 2018 social media post, which was later deleted, XXXtentacion wrote: “If anyone tries to kill me it was [Drake].”) Judge Michael Usan sided with Drake's lawyers who sought to have the subpoena quashed.
All three are scheduled to be sentenced on April 6. They face up to life in prison.