Seoul Gazette - Yella Beezy sentenced to life for arranging rapper Mo3’s murder

A Dallas jury convicted rapper Yella Beezy, whose legal name is Markies Conway, of capital murder for arranging the killing of fellow rapper Mo3. The verdict was returned on Wednesday, six years after Mo3 was shot on Interstate 35 in November 2020. The court sentenced Conway to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Prosecutors said he paid Kewon White $40,000 to carry out the killing after a long-running dispute between the two performers.

White pursued Mo3, whose legal name was Melvin Noble, onto the highway and opened fire. Noble, 28, was killed and a bystander was wounded. Video later released by prosecutors showed Noble leaving his vehicle and trying to flee before he was shot. The defence maintained that Conway was innocent and argued that the prosecution relied on speculation rather than firm evidence. Jurors rejected that position. White was separately convicted of capital murder in September and also received life imprisonment without parole.

Conway was arrested in March 2025 in connection with the killing. He was released on bond later that month, although a judge subsequently refused his request to change the bond conditions. The conviction means both Conway and White will serve life sentences.

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