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XXXTentacion’s family is one step closer to getting justice.

One of four men behind bars for the murder of Florida rapper XXXTentacion has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder. The bombshell plea will see the murder accused become a prosecution witness in the upcoming trial set to take place in January 2023.

XXXTentacion was shot dead in 2018 outside a South Florida motorcycle dealership four years ago. He was followed by four men and robbed of cash and belongings.

One of the defendants, Robert Allen, 26, of a Lauderhill, Florida address, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and robbery with a deadly weapon on Friday.

According to the Broward State Attorney’s Office, on Friday afternoon, the defendant pleaded guilty of his own free will. “This was an open plea to the court, with no negotiated deal with the state,” the email reads, the Sun Sentinel reported.

Allen is being represented by attorney James Lewis revealed that his client decided to enter a guilty plea so he can testify against his co-defendants, Dedrick Williams, 26, of Pompano Beach, Trayvon Newsome, 24, of Fort Lauderdale, and Michael Boatwright, 26, of Fort Lauderdale.

The attorney said that the plea was entered as it was in the best interests of his client to cooperate, and he hinted that he and his client are hoping that the guilty plea might influence the president Broward Circuit Judge Michael Usan in exercising discretion for a possible lighter sentence.

Allen is facing life in prison for the offense. The other defendants, Williams, Boatwright, and Newsome, are also charged with first-degree murder and robbery with a deadly weapon and have separately pleaded not guilty.

The trial is likely to be set for January, with Lewis disclosing that Allen will take the stand as a prosecution witness.

XXXTentacion was age 20 when he was shot and killed during the robbery incident. Born Jahseh Onfroy, X was leaving the RIVA Motorsports dealership in his BMW i8 in Deerfield Beach before 4 p.m. on June 18, 2018, when the defendants riding in an SUV pulled up and blocked in the rapper’s sportcar.

Two armed men came out of the SUV, robbed the rapper, and shot him multiple times. Prosecutors say that one of the robbers took the rapper’s Louis Vuitton bag containing his cell phone, BMW keys, and $50,000 in cash.

Surveillance footage at the dealership shows that the rapper might have been followed to the store by the men as he arrived at 3:30 p.m, and the SUV parked within minutes with two of the suspects walking inside.

One of the defendants bought a black neoprene mask. His bright orange sandals were used to identify him as defendant Williams. The other suspect was Allen.

The defendants later left the store and parked outside of the parking lot, where they waited to ambush and subsequently kill the rapper.

In the meantime, Williams is said to be the getaway driver and was arrested two days later. Police also identified Boatwright using fingerprints left on the driver’s-side door of the SUV.

Police also secured evidence from Boatwright’s phone history which showed searches for the rapper’s name and also searches for “accessory to murder.” He is said to be one of the gunmen. In the meantime, Allen was arrested in Georgia, where he fled after the incident, while the fourth defendant, Newsome, was identified as the other gunman.

He surrendered to the police after the other three were arrested.

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Joycelyn Savage dropped a bomb on Friday afternoon, noting that she is carrying a child for embattled R&B singer R. Kelly. The R&B singer was recently sentenced to 30 years in jail for racketeering, sex trafficking, and other offenses.

On Friday, Savage released her new tell-all book, Love and Joy of Robert, in which she revealed that she is pregnant with the singer’s baby.

Savage recently revealed that R. Kelly proposed to her on the day of his sentencing by sending an engagement ring to her house even though he was heading to jail for 30 years, where he is likely to spend the rest of his life.

In the 11-page book (back and front 24 pages) released on Amazon on Friday, Savage, who is one of Kelly’s alleged victims, claims that she is months along with the pregnancy.

Joycelyn Savage said she knew a few months after 55-year-old Kelly sent her an engagement ring.

“Months later, I began expecting severe morning sickness and was unsure what was wrong with my body. I thought I had contracted COVID-19, but the most amazing news of all was that I was expecting,” she said. “It was a happy day but an incomplete time in my life. Today I am grateful to God for giving me the most precious gift. Robert is extremely excited about the news that I am having a baby and feels sad that Robert will not be able to be here with us,” the book read, according to the NY Post.

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The book does not say when or how R. Kelly could have impregnated Joycelyn Savage as he has been locked away for more than a year. Savage, who has denied any allegations that she is a victim of Kelly, also shared a sonogram of the pregnancy.

Savage also said that R. Kelly had some input in the book as he was the one who approved the image of the sonogram.

The 26-year-old says she is “hoping for him to be released and prepare for new beginnings,” in the book.

Last month before his sentencing, Savage wrote a letter to the judge pleading for leniency from the court. In the letter, she revealed that they were engaged. She also said that she is not a victim of the music icon.

Online, social media users speculated about the pregnancy as they questioned the veracity of the claim. Some questioned whether Savage had been allowed conjugal visits, and some have even surmised that if she is truly pregnant, she might be married to the singer.

There were speculations before that Kelly might have married Savage in the same way he married an underaged Aaliyah to prevent her from testifying against him decades ago.

His Attorneys have not responded to the claims.

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