DALLAS (AP) — Rapper Yella Beezy was found guilty on Wednesday of hiring the gunman who fatally shot rapper MO3 in a brazen 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 in the death of MO3, whose real name was Melvin Noble. 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. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Prosecutors said the killing was the result of an yearslong escalating feud between Conway and Noble. Both men lived in Dallas.
“We don’t know what turned it for the jurors. … We appreciate the verdict,” lead prosecutor Tommy Adams told 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 said Conway paid White $40,000 for the shooting.
Noble, 28, was driving on Interstate 35 in south Dallas around noon on Nov. 11, 2020, when White pulled alongside him, authorities said. White stepped out of his vehicle holding a gun.
