Dallas rapper Yella Beezy, born Markies Conway, was unanimously convicted of capital murder on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, for orchestrating the 2020 murder-for-hire of fellow Dallas artist MO3.
The Dallas County jury reached its decision on the exact six-year anniversary of the killing. Because state prosecutors chose not to pursue the death penalty, the capital murder conviction triggered an automatic sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.
During the trial, prosecutors laid out a case rooted in a bitter, years-long rivalry between the two musicians, pointing to an October 2018 highway ambush in which Conway was shot multiple times as the catalyst for retaliation. The state presented phone records, interview clips, and financial data to argue that Conway paid gunman Kewon White $40,000 to execute the hit. On November 11, 2020, White chased MO3, whose legal name was Melvin Noble, on foot along Interstate 35 in south Dallas in broad daylight, firing more than 40 rounds from an AK-47-style pistol and fatally striking the 28-year-old rapper.
Conway’s legal team countered that the prosecution’s case was built on circumstantial speculation rather than direct evidence, arguing that his large cash withdrawals aligned with his routine lifestyle and presenting cell-tower records to challenge witness testimony. Despite the defense’s arguments, jurors sided with the state after deliberating over the evidence. White was previously convicted of capital murder in a separate trial in September 2026 and is also serving a life sentence without parole.