Dallas Rapper Yella Beezy Sentenced to Life Without Parole for Hiring Gunman Who Killed MO3
DALLAS (AP) - A Dallas County jury on Wednesday, November 11, unanimously convicted rapper Yella Beezy, 35, whose real name is Markies Conway, of capital murder for hiring the gunman who fatally shot fellow rapper MO3, whose real name was Melvin Noble. Conway was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The verdict came exactly six years after Noble was killed.
Prosecutors said Noble, 28, was driving on Interstate 35 in south Dallas around noon on November 11, 2020, when gunman Kewon White pulled alongside him and stepped out holding a gun. Noble got out of his vehicle and ran on the freeway. Prosecutor Tommy Adams said White wore a mask and fired more than 40 rounds from an AK-47-style pistol while chasing Noble. White shot Noble and a bystander who was inside a car. The bystander survived, but Noble died at a hospital.
Prosecutors said the killing grew out of a feud between Conway and Noble that had escalated over years, and that Conway paid White $40,000 for the shooting. Both men lived in Dallas. During closing arguments, prosecutors showed jurors a video clip of Conway talking about revenge in an interview, saying he would "get his lick back." Prosecutor Krystal Biggins drew a comparison between Noble's killing and a roadway shooting that injured Conway in 2018, when someone pulled up next to him on a tollway in the Dallas suburb of Lewisville and shot him three times. "This was for the world to see," Biggins said. "Over a rap beef, we are here for capital murder."
Defense attorney John Gussio argued that prosecutors had not proven their case and had brought the jury "a lot of speculation." Conway had pleaded not guilty. In September, a jury found White guilty of capital murder for fatally shooting Noble, and White was also sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Another defendant, Devin Brown, has also been charged in connection with the killing and is awaiting trial.
Noble had more than 800,000 Instagram followers and was best known for a 2019 remix of "Errybody" with Baton Rouge, Louisiana, rapper Boosie Badazz. Conway is best known for his 2017 single "That's On Me" and the 2019 song "Bacc At It Again" with Quavo and Gucci Mane. (Source: Associated Press)
Source: Associated Press
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