Dallas rapper “Yella Beezy,” born Markies Conway, is now scheduled to stand trial early next year on capital murder charges, tied to the 2020 shooting death of another rapper dubbed “Mo3.”
Conway, 33, has been under house arrest since his March indictment in the murder-for-hire case by a Dallas County grand jury. He was taken into custody shortly after the shooting and charged with organizing the ambush that left Mo3, whose real name was Melvin Noble, dead on Interstate 35 in broad daylight. Conway later posted a $750,000 bail for the capital murder charge.
The murder case is now scheduled to begin on February 2, 2026, per court records.
Prosecutors claim that Conway hired 23-year-old Kewon Dontrell White as the main shooter, allegedly with financial records as evidence, showing that Conway withdrew $40,000 in cash within a few days of the killing. Witness testimony has also linked him to the alleged murder-for-hire plot, according to the original arrest affidavit.
The shooting on I-35 occurred five years ago and is described as a calculated hit. Investigators say Mo3 was chased down on the freeway by an armed assailant, who pursued him on foot after he abandoned his car in the middle of the road. Mo3 was then struck in the back of the head and later died at a local hospital. A bystander was also injured on the scene, but reportedly survived the shooting.
White has separately pleaded guilty to a federal gun charge and faces additional counts of murder and aggravated assault. A second suspect, Devin Maurice Brown, was also indicted on related federal gun and drug charges but has allegedly denied any role in the killing.
Conway has had a long rap sheet, stemming before the capital murder indictment. He was arrested in November 2021 on charges of sexual assault, child endangerment, and unlawful possession of a firearm, as previously reported by The Dallas Express. Plano police also claim that he was an “active” gang member at the time of that arrest.
In the years prior, he was also arrested on weapons and drug-related charges, including a February 2021 traffic stop where officers recovered five firearms – one of which was reported stolen.
Despite the repeated arrests, Conway remained an active figure in Dallas’ rap scene, garnering a somewhat popular fan following.
Conway previously survived a 2018 shooting himself in Lewisville, when he was hit several times while driving on the Sam Rayburn Tollway, per Fox 4 DFW.
Conway has since pleaded not guilty to the capital murder charge.
As of 2025, Texas law allows prosecutors to pursue the death penalty in capital murder cases.