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Yella Beezy guilty of murdering rapper Mo3

Yella Beezy has been convicted of murder and will spend the rest of his life in prison without the chance of parole.

The rapper, whose real name is Markies Conway, was found guilty of capital murder on 11 November over the 2020 death of fellow rapper Mo3. A Dallas, Texas jury concluded that Beezy hired a gunman to kill Mo3, whose real name was Melvin Noble.

Prosecutors said Beezy paid Kewon White $40,000 (£300,00) to carry out the killing after a long-running feud, the Associated Press reported. On 11 November 2020, White drew up beside Mo3 on a Dallas motorway. Mo3 got out of his car, and White chased him and opened fire. Mo3 was shot and died later in hospital.

Beezy had pleaded not guilty, and his defence argued that prosecutors had failed to show he was involved. The jury nonetheless reached a unanimous guilty verdict on capital murder.

Under Texas law, life without parole is the mandatory sentence for an adult convicted of capital murder when prosecutors are not seeking the death penalty. White was found guilty of capital murder as well in September.

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth reported that prosecutors traced the feud between the two rappers back to 2017. Beezy is best known for his 2017 breakthrough single That's On Me and his 2019 track Bacc At It Again, which featured Quavo and Gucci Mane.

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