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Rapper Yella Beezy backstage throughout TwoGether Land Competition at Truthful Park on Might 25, 2024 in Dallas, Texas.
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Key Takeaways:
- Yella Beezy is going through the dying penalty if convicted in his 2026 capital homicide trial.
- Prosecutors declare Beezy employed Kewon Dontrell White to hold out the 2020 freeway taking pictures of Mo3.
- The case has reignited conversations about violence, loyalty, and legacy in Dallas Hip Hop.
Yella Beezy is at present on home arrest for his suspected involvement within the 2020 dying of Mo3. The Dallas rapper’s destiny shall be decided when his capital homicide trial begins, which has been scheduled for 2026.
WFAA studies that Yella, born Markies Conway, is about to face trial beginning Feb. 2, 2026. Police arrested Yella in March 2025 and charged him with capital homicide in Mo3’s dying, per courtroom paperwork. Though he was not the alleged set off man, Yella has been accused of hiring the hitman.
This case traces again to 2020, when Mo3 was killed on a Texas freeway. The 28-year-old was shot in broad daylight on Interstate 35. After being transported to a neighborhood hospital, he died of his accidents. Reportedly, the gunman and Mo3 had been each driving northbound on I-35 when the masked shooter received out of his automobile and approached. The rapper received out his automobile and began operating, with the gunman in pursuit and taking pictures a number of rounds — considered one of them hitting the late rapper at the back of the top.
A grand jury indicted Yella on Tuesday (March 18), and the “That’s On Me” rapper was taken into custody a few days later. In line with FOX 5 Atlanta, Beezy allegedly employed Kewon Dontrell White to kill Mo3. Court docket paperwork say Yella “referred to as [White] on or in regards to the eleventh day of November 2020,” then “deliberately and knowingly” deliberate the taking pictures. Proof in opposition to Beezy additionally features a $40,000 money withdrawal made simply days after the killing.
As a result of Yella is going through a capital homicide cost (White has additionally been charged with homicide), a conviction might imply the dying sentence in Texas. In late March, his bail was lowered from $2 million to $750,000 and he was launched on bond. He has since remained on home arrest with digital monitoring. Yella has pleaded not responsible.