A Dallas County jury convicted rapper Yella Beezy (born Markies Conway) of capital murder on Wednesday, November 11, for hiring the gunman who shot and killed rapper MO3 (born Melvin Noble). Beezy was sentenced to life in prison without the chance of parole, according to the Associated Press.
Prosecutors described Kewon White, identified as a Beezy affiliate, as the gunman. White was found guilty of capital murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole. Prosecutors said White pulled up alongside MO3’s vehicle on I-35 in South Dallas near the Dallas Zoo in November 2020, then chased the rapper on foot and fired more than 40 rounds from a pistol. MO3 was taken to a local hospital, where he died. White was allegedly paid $40,000 by Beezy.
Lead prosecutor Tommy Adams said, “We don’t know what turned it for the jurors. We appreciate the verdict.” Beezy’s attorney, John Gussio, told the courtroom, “This is capital murder, and the state has brought you a lot of speculation.”
Yella Beezy was indicted by a Dallas grand jury and arrested in March 2025. He secured a $750,000 bond less than two weeks later, after the bond was reduced from $2 million. He was previously arrested in 2021 on charges of sexual assault, abandonment of an endangered child and unlawful weapon carrying; those charges were dismissed.
Beezy was the victim of a drive-by shooting in October 2018 in a Dallas suburb and survived after being shot three times. He has had two Billboard Hot 100 hits: “That’s On Me,” which peaked at No. 56 in 2018, and “Bacc at It Again” with Quavo and Gucci Mane, which peaked at No. 78 in 2019.
Source: Billboard
