(NewsNation) — Dallas rapper Yella Beezy has been arrested and charged with capital murder in the death of rival rapper Mo3.
Yella Beezy is accused of hiring a man named Kewon White to kill Mo3 in November of 2020 and allegedly provided payment or the promise of payment for carrying out the hit.
Yella Beezy, whose real name is Markies Conway, was shot three times in October of 2018. He was hospitalized for one day before being released.
His single “That’s on Me” reached the top of the rap/R&B radio charts just prior to the shooting.
In 2021, Yella Beezy was arrested on three different occasions for charges related to firearms, guns and a sexual assault charge. He also faced a charge of child endangerment.
Mo3, real name Melvin Nobel, was driving on Interstate 35 just south of the Dallas Zoo on Nov. 11, 2020, when he was shot and killed by someone in a black Chevy Camaro. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital.
Mo3 was known for hit singles “Errybody,” “Outside” and “Broken Love,” and his murder is believed to have stemmed from a feud between the two rappers.
On social media, his mother, Nichole Williams Noble, called the charges “justice.”
Two other men, Kewon Dontrell White, 22, and Devin Maurice Brown Jr., 27, are also facing charges in connection with Mo3’s death. White is currently serving a prison sentence for firearms charges connected to the shooting, and Brown is being held in the Dallas County Jail.