Florida Underground Rapper Jaydes Arrested For Attempted Murder

Note: This article contains descriptions of alleged violence that some readers may find disturbing.

Jaydes, the 18-year-old underground rapper from Florida, was arrested last weekend on charges of attempted murder. According to an affidavit obtained by Pitchfork, Jaydes stabbed a woman who “did not accept his sexual advances toward her.” He is being held without bond in a Broward County jail. A judge also ordered a mental health evaluation for Jaydes and he is to have no contact with his alleged victim, further documents obtained by Pitchfork show.

A warrant for Jaydes' arrest was issued on November 3 and the alleged violent incident took place on November 2. According to the affidavit, deputies from the Broward Sheriff's Office responded to a 9-1-1 call about a late-afternoon stabbing at an apartment in Tamarac, Florida. Officers made contact with the alleged victim, “who had stab wounds to the neck and forearm,” according to the document, and was taken to a pediatric emergency department to receive “multiple stitches for two wounds.” (The alleged victim's name is included in the documentation obtained by Pitchfork, but we're choosing to withhold the name from publication.)

The affidavit continues with an affidavit the alleged victim provided to the Broward Sheriff's Office violent crimes unit. The woman told officers that Jaydes, whose legal name is Jayden Yen Dumont, sent her a text message the afternoon of Nov. 2, inviting her to his apartment in Tamarac. She agreed and he sent an Uber to pick her up, according to the statement. Once she arrived, she says, she was talking to Jaydes on his bed when he “made a move to kiss her.” He says she “pushed him away and told him he didn't like it that way.” Jaydes reportedly replied, “Come on,” and “re-engaged in a second kiss.” The woman says she “refused him again and Dumont left the room. [She] he stated a few minutes later he returned with a box cutter and scissors and began stabbing her. [She] stated that Dumont stabbed her in the forearm and back with the scissors and then stabbed her in the neck with a pink box cutter. [She] advised her to fight him off and was able to run to the bathroom where she called 9-1-1 for help.” When the cops arrived, she says, “Damond was no longer in the apartment.”