Guilty: Yella Beezy Gets Life Without Parole for MO3's Killing

[WATCH] ▶ The moment the verdict was read (Prodigal Breaking News reel, 60 seconds)

[CONFIRMED] A Dallas County jury found Markies Conway, the rapper known as Yella Beezy, guilty of capital murder Wednesday afternoon in the death of Melvin Noble, the rapper known as MO3, NBC DFW, Fox 4 and KERA report. Judge Chika Anyiam sentenced him to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Conway had pleaded not guilty.

[CONFIRMED] The killing. Noble was ambushed and shot on Interstate 35 in Dallas on Nov. 11, 2020. The verdict came six years to the day later. The gunman, Kewon White, was convicted of capital murder in September and sentenced to life in prison. White has appealed, Fox 4 reports.

[CONFIRMED] The state's case. Prosecutors said Conway put a bounty on Noble over a feud dating to 2017 and used go-betweens to funnel money to White. They pointed to a $40,000 cash withdrawal, wire transfers, phone records and testimony from a witness who said White bragged about the killing and demanded payment. "Over a rap beef, we are here for capital murder," Assistant District Attorney Krystal Biggins told jurors.

[CONFIRMED] The defense. Conway's lawyers, Toby Shook and John Gussio, asked for an acquittal. They argued the case rested on assumptions and witnesses who contradicted themselves, that cell data placed Conway in Frisco rather than at an alleged meeting, and that he routinely withdrew large sums of cash for family expenses. The jury rejected those arguments.

[CONTEXT] Another man, Devin Brown, is also charged with capital murder in the case, Fox 4 reports.

[COMMENTARY] Two young Black men from the same city built careers on their voices. One is dead, and two more men will spend the rest of their lives in prison. A feud that started on records ended on a freeway and in a courtroom. The verdict closes a case, not the pattern that produced it.

Notice the pattern. Interrupt it.

— Latisha Sky, Prodigal Breaking News

Sources: NBC DFW (Nov. 11, 2026); Fox 4 Dallas-Fort Worth (Nov. 11, 2026); KERA News (Nov. 11, 2026); Associated Press (Nov. 11, 2026); CBS News Texas (Nov. 11, 2026); TMZ (Nov. 11, 2026).

Top image: frame from the live courtroom broadcast. Latisha Sky's voice in the reel is AI-generated.