He has been accused of orchestrating the 2020 shooting death of MO3, a fellow North Texas rapper.
By Uwa Ede-Osifo
Dallas Morning News
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Dallas rapper Yella Beezy’s capital murder trial has been postponed until Aug. 24, court records show.
Beezy, whose real name is Markies Conway, had been scheduled to stand trial on Feb. 2 for the shooting death of Melvin Noble. Noble, a fellow North Texas rapper known as MO3, was gunned down on Interstate 35E in Dallas in 2020.
A grand jury accused Conway in 2025 of hiring and paying two men, Kewon Dontrell White and Devin Maurice Brown, to kill Noble. Conway and Noble had allegedly feuded before the shooting.
Conway’s attorneys, John Gussio and Toby Shook, filed a motion on Jan. 12 to postpone the trial, writing that they needed more time to review discovery material and to investigate potential witnesses. Judge Chika Anyiam of Criminal District Court No. 7 granted the motion.
Both White and Brown also face a capital murder charge. White’s trial was rescheduled from Feb. 2 to Aug. 24, the same date as Conway’s, after White’s attorney, Bree West, submitted a motion that said material preparation could not “reasonably be completed” in time.
Brown’s lawyer, Elaine Evans, has made a similar appeal to move back his Feb. 2 trial. Evans cited roughly “1,311 items of digital media evidence” in addition to forthcoming discovery in her motion. It has not been granted, per online records.
Brown and White were previously scheduled to stand trial in November, but those proceedings were postponed after their lawyers asked for a delay.
If convicted of capital murder, each of the three men could face life in prison without parole or the death penalty.
Uwa is a breaking news reporter on the features team. She covers arts and culture. Uwa previously reported on general assignment for NBC News Digital and wrote about politics for Slate. She studied politics and policy at Brown University.
This story, originally published in The Dallas Morning News, is reprinted as part of a collaborative partnership between The Dallas Morning News and Texas Metro News. The partnership seeks to boost coverage of Dallas’ communities of color, particularly in southern Dallas.
