Yella Beezy’s Capital Murder Trial Opens in Dallas as Mo3’s Mother Takes the Stand
Written by Kiss Media on 27 October 2026
The courtroom chapter Dallas hip-hop has been waiting on for years is finally underway. On Tuesday, October 27, testimony began in the capital murder trial of Yella Beezy, the Dallas rapper accused of orchestrating the 2020 murder-for-hire killing of fellow rapper Mo3.
Beezy, born Markies Conway, has pleaded not guilty. Prosecutors allege he paid Kewon White to gun down Mo3, born Melvin Noble, in an ambush on Interstate 35 in Dallas on November 11, 2020. White was already convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life in prison in September.
The first witness called was the person whose loss sits at the center of the case: Mo3’s mother, Nicole Noble. She told jurors she believed her son was in California filming a music video that day, only to discover a flood of missed calls from people trying to tell her he had been shot. She rushed to the hospital and waited for hours before learning her son had died. She also testified that she urged investigators to look into four people after her son’s death, including Beezy, rapper Trapboy Freddy, and Mo3’s manager Brandon Rainwater.
Other day-one witnesses included two women who were on the highway when the shooting happened and one of the first responders who answered the call. Prosecutors also presented dashcam footage of the incident and testimony from a retired medical examiner who performed Mo3’s autopsy.
In opening statements, prosecutors framed the killing as a planned murder-for-hire tied to an escalating feud between the rappers. Beezy’s defense attorney pushed back, arguing the case rests on assumptions and investigative tunnel vision and questioning the evidence linking his client to the shooting.
The trial has been pushed back several times, in part over witness availability, and one of its most contested elements is the prosecution’s plan to use Beezy’s rap lyrics as evidence — a practice that has drawn fierce debate in recent years, including in the cases of Lil Durk and Young Thug.
The trial is expected to last two to three weeks. If convicted, Yella Beezy faces life in prison. We will keep you posted as testimony continues.
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Source: XXL and HotNewHipHop
