Yella Beezy Convicted of Capital Murder in the Killing of MO3
A Dallas County jury convicted rapper Yella Beezy, whose birth name is Markies Conway, of capital murder on Wednesday, 11 November, for hiring the gunman who killed fellow rapper MO3. Billboard reports that Beezy was sentenced to life in prison without parole, which means he will not be eligible for release on parole.
MO3, whose birth name is Melvin Noble, was shot dead on a Dallas interstate in November 2020. Prosecutors identified Kewon White as the gunman. According to Billboard's account of the case, White pulled alongside MO3's vehicle on I-35 in South Dallas, near the Dallas Zoo, then chased him on foot and fired more than 40 rounds.
White was also found guilty of capital murder. He received the same sentence, life in prison without parole.
Prosecutors alleged that Beezy paid White $40,000 to carry out the killing. That payment is part of the prosecution's case, and the jury's verdict on Beezy rests on the charge that he hired the gunman.
Beezy was indicted by a Dallas grand jury, a panel of citizens that decides whether there is enough evidence for a criminal case to go to trial. He was arrested in March 2025. Less than two weeks later, he secured a $750,000 bond, a sum paid to secure release before trial. The amount had been reduced from $2 million.
Beezy is 35 years old. Billboard also notes that in October 2018 he survived a drive-by shooting in a Dallas suburb, in which he was shot three times.
The verdict closes a case that took nearly six years to reach a jury, from the night MO3 was killed on the interstate to a courtroom decision in November 2026.
