Dallas judge weighs rap lyrics as evidence before Yella Beezy murder trial

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.

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