Dallas rapper Yella Beezy has been found guilty of capital murder in connection with the 2020 shooting death of fellow rapper MO3.
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The jury reached its verdict on Wednesday, November 11, after deliberations, bringing a major development in a case that has followed both artists’ names for six years. Yella Beezy, whose legal name is Markies Conway, had pleaded not guilty and maintained that he was not involved in MO3’s killing.The verdict follows a closely watched trial in Dallas County, where prosecutors accused Conway of arranging a murder-for-hire plot targeting MO3, born Melvin Noble, following an ongoing feud between the two rappers.
MO3 was killed on November 11, 2020, after being chased and shot along Interstate 35 in Dallas. The daytime shooting shocked the Dallas music community and sparked a lengthy investigation that eventually resulted in multiple capital murder charges.
Prosecutors alleged that Conway offered $40,000 to arrange the killing, with Kewon White carrying out the fatal shooting. Throughout the trial, the state presented cellphone records, financial evidence, witness testimony, and communications that prosecutors argued connected Conway to the alleged murder plot.
During closing arguments, prosecutors focused heavily on a $40,000 cash withdrawal and phone communications involving individuals they alleged participated in coordinating the killing. They argued that the evidence established an agreement to have MO3 murdered in exchange for payment.
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However, Conway’s defense attorneys challenged the prosecution’s account, arguing that investigators relied on unreliable witnesses, assumptions, and circumstantial evidence rather than proof that their client ordered the shooting.
One of the trial’s most contested moments involved witness Theodore Thomas, who disputed his earlier grand jury testimony connecting Conway to an alleged payment. Thomas testified that he previously lied because he feared facing a possible life sentence in federal prison.
The defense also presented testimony challenging the prosecution’s interpretation of financial transactions and cellphone location records. Attorneys maintained that Conway’s cash withdrawals were not evidence of a murder-for-hire arrangement.
Kewon White, identified as the gunman responsible for MO3’s death, was previously convicted of capital murder in September 2026 and sentenced to life in prison without parole.
Another defendant, Devin Brown, also faces a capital murder charge in connection with the killing. His case remains separate from Conway’s trial.
The jury’s decision comes exactly six years after MO3’s death, marking another significant development in the legal proceedings surrounding the Dallas rapper’s killing.
