Rapper Yella Beezy convicted of hiring gunman who fatally shot rapper MO3 on busy Dallas interstate

Rapper Yella Beezy, whose real name is Markies Conway, has been found guilty of hiring gunman Kewon White to carry out a fatal shooting of rapper MO3, whose real name was Melvin Noble, on a busy Dallas interstate in 2020. The Dallas County jury unanimously convicted Conway of capital murder, and he was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. A separate jury had previously convicted White of capital murder for the same crime, also with a life sentence without parole.

Prosecutors alleged that the killing was the result of a long-standing feud between Conway and Noble, both of whom resided in Dallas. According to the charges, Conway paid White $40,000 for the shooting. On November 11, 2020, Noble was driving on Interstate 35 in south Dallas when White pulled up alongside him in a vehicle. White stepped out of his car and began shooting at Noble as he exited his own vehicle and began running on the freeway.

White fired over 40 rounds from an AK-47-style pistol, hitting Noble and a bystander who was inside a car. The bystander survived, but Noble died at a local hospital.

During the trial, prosecutors showed jurors a video clip of Conway discussing revenge in an interview, stating he would "get his lick back." Prosecutor Krystal Biggins drew a parallel between Noble's killing and a roadway shooting in 2018 that injured Conway, drawing a connection between the two incidents. The defense argued that the prosecution had not proven their case, stating that the evidence was largely speculative. However, the jury ultimately found Conway guilty of capital murder.