The Brief
- A Dallas judge is weighing whether Yella Beezy’s song lyrics can be admitted as evidence in his murder-for-hire trial involving rival rapper MO3.
- Yella Beezy (Markies Conway) faces capital murder charges for allegedly hiring a gunman to kill MO3 on a Dallas highway in 2020.
- The pre-trial hearing has concluded, but the judge has not yet ruled on whether the rap lyrics constitute literal proof or artistic expression.
DALLAS – A pre-trial hearing has ended in a murder-for-hire case involving two Dallas rappers. A judge could decide soon whether Yella Beezy’s rap lyrics can be admitted as evidence.
Yella Beezy Hearing
What we know:
Attorneys for rappers MO3 and Yella Beezy returned to a Dallas courtroom on Tuesday morning.
The case centers on the murder of MO3, whose real name was Melvin Noble Jr. He was gunned down in the middle of a busy Dallas highway in 2020.…