Rapper Yella Beezy sentenced to life in jail for hiring gunman who fatally shot rapper MO3

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By Linda Ikeji
12 November 2026, 6:55 am

Dallas rapper Yella Beezy has been sentenced to life in jail after being discovered responsible of hiring the gunman who fatally shot rapper MO3 in a daylight assault on a busy Dallas interstate in 2020.

Yella Beezy, 35, whose actual title is Markies Conway, was unanimously convicted of capital homicide by a Dallas County jury on Wednesday, November 11,  within the dying of MO3, whose actual title was Melvin Noble. He was sentenced to life in jail with out the potential of parole.

Back in September, a jury discovered one other man, Kewon White, responsible of capital homicide for fatally capturing Noble. He was sentenced to life in jail with out the potential of parole.

Prosecutors stated the killing was the results of a years-long escalating feud between Conway and Noble. Both males lived in Dallas.

“We don’t know what turned it for the jurors. … We appreciate the verdict,” lead prosecutor Tommy Adams instructed reporters. “We think they got it right today.”

“It’s been one of the most challenging cases over the last six years,” he added.

Prosecutors stated Conway paid White $40,000 for the capturing.

Noble, 28, was driving on Interstate 35 in south Dallas round midday on Nov. 11, 2020, when White pulled alongside him, authorities stated. White stepped out of his automobile holding a gun. Noble received out of his personal automobile and started working on the freeway as White shot at him, authorities stated.

Prosecutor Tommy Adams stated White wore a masks and fired over 40 rounds from an AK-47-style pistol whereas chasing Noble.

White shot Noble and a bystander who was inside a automobile, police stated. The bystander survived, however Noble died at a hospital.

During closing arguments, prosecutors confirmed jurors a video clip of Conway speaking about revenge in an interview, saying he would “get his lick back.” Prosecutor Krystal Biggins drew a comparability between Noble’s killing and a roadway capturing that injured Conway in 2018.

In October 2018, Conway survived being shot whereas driving on a tollway within the Dallas suburb of Lewisville when somebody pulled up subsequent to him and opened fireplace, hitting him thrice.

“This was for the world to see,” Biggins stated. “Over a rap beef, we are here for capital murder.”

The protection argued that prosecutors didn’t show their case. “This is capital murder, and the state has brought you a lot of speculation,” protection legal professional John Gussio stated.

Noble had greater than 800,000 Instagram followers and was greatest recognized for a 2019 remix of “Errybody,” with Baton Rouge, Louisiana, rapper Boosie Badazz.

Conway is greatest recognized for his 2017 single “That’s On Me” and his 2019 tune “Bacc At It Again” with Quavo and Gucci Mane.