Rapper Yella Beezy was convicted in Dallas of capital murder for hiring the gunman who killed rapper MO3 on a busy interstate in 2020.
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Rapper Yella Beezy was found guilty on Wednesday of hiring the gunman who fatally shot rapper MO3 in a daylight attack on a busy Dallas interstate in 2020.
Yella Beezy, 35, whose real name is Markies Conway, was unanimously convicted of capital murder by a Dallas County jury. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
In September, a jury found Kewon White guilty of capital murder for fatally shooting Noble, and White was also sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Prosecutors said the killing was the result of a years-long escalating feud between Conway and Noble, both of whom lived in Dallas.
Prosecutors said Conway paid White $40,000 for the shooting. On Nov. 11, 2020, Noble, 28, was driving on Interstate 35 in south Dallas around noon when White pulled alongside him, authorities said.
Authorities said White stepped out of his vehicle holding a gun. Noble got out of his own vehicle and began running on the freeway as White shot at him.
Prosecutor Tommy Adams said White wore a mask and fired over 40 rounds from an AK-47-style pistol while chasing Noble. White shot Noble and a bystander who was inside a car, police said; the bystander survived while Noble died at a hospital.
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 compared Noble’s killing to a roadway shooting that injured Conway in 2018.
In October 2018, Conway survived being shot while driving on a tollway in the Dallas suburb of Lewisville after someone pulled up next to him and opened fire, hitting him three times.
The defence argued that prosecutors did not prove their case. “This is capital murder, and the state has brought you a lot of speculation,” defence attorney John Gussio said.
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.
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