The Brief
- Jury selection begins on Monday for Kewon White, the accused hitman in the 2020 I-35 murder of Dallas rapper MO3.
- Prosecutors claim rival rapper Yella Beezy (Markies Conway) funded the hit, while a third defendant, Devin Brown, is also charged.
- A judge ruled a police detective cannot testify as an expert on rap lyrics, leaving a defense expert to argue the lyrics shouldn’t be taken literally.
DALLAS – The key defendants in a rap rival murder for hire case are facing trial next week.
Melvin Noble, who went by MO3, was chased and gunned down on Interstate 35 in Dallas in 2020.
Jury selection begins Monday for his accused hitman – Kewon White.
MO3 Murder
Prosecutors allege Yella Beezy, whose legal name is Markies Conway, was the man who paid White to kill Noble. Conway was seemingly involved in a rap beef with Noble before the shooting.…