A Dallas County, Texas, jury found rapper Yella Beezy guilty of capital murder Wednesday for the 2020 death of rival MO3. The judge sentenced him to life imprisonment without parole.
MO3, whose real name is Melvin Noble Jr., died on Interstate 35 on Nov. 11, 2020, following an ambush by gunman Kewon White, who was seen on video wearing a mask and chasing down Noble on foot while shooting him with a rifle, according to NPR affiliate KERA-FM.
The jury found that Yella Beezy, real name Markies Conway, paid $40,000 to White, who was found guilty and sentenced to life without parole in September, to carry out the killing, according to the Dallas Observer.
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Conway and Noble came from the same Dallas neighborhood and had a feud that began online in 2017. Conway was shot three times in Lewisville around 22 miles northwest of Dallas in 2018, and has alleged that a bodyguard working for Noble was responsible, according to the Dallas Observer.
Another suspect, Devin Brown, is still awaiting trial for capital murder for his alleged role in Noble’s death. Conway’s lawyer Toby Shook argued that Mr. Brown had a stronger motive for killing Noble, since the late rapper was dating the mother of Mr. Brown’s children. Mr. Brown is accused of providing Noble’s location to White, according to KERA-FM.
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