The rapper has been on house arrest after being charged with capital murder in March.
By Uwa Ede-Osifo
Breaking Features Reporter
Tony Gutierrez / AP
Dallas rapper Yella Beezy, who was charged in March with capital murder for allegedly orchestrating a hit on a fellow rapper, is scheduled to stand trial on Feb. 2, 2026, according to a recent court filing.
Court records indicate a pre-trial hearing is slated for Jan. 9.
In a March indictment, a Dallas County grand jury accused Beezy, whose legal name is Markies Conway, of paying a hitman to kill Melvin Noble. Noble, a rapper who performed as Mo3, was gunned down in November 2020 on Interstate 35-E in Oak Cliff.
Conway and Noble were allegedly feuding via insults traded online and diss tracks. When asked about the rumored conflict in separate interviews with hip-hop blogs, both artists denied any beef, with Conway also saying he had never heard of Noble.
By February 2021, two men — Kewon Dontrell White and Devin Maurice Brown — had been indicted on murder charges related to Noble’s death.
At the time, homicide detectives suspected White of being the gunman, due to cellular data that placed him near Noble before and after the shooting as well as witness information, among other evidence, according to an arrest affidavit. Brown’s alleged involvement remains unclear.
In separate indictments filed in March of this year, both White and Brown were accused of being hired by Conway to shoot Noble. White and Brown have trial dates scheduled for Nov. 10, according to court records.
A spokesperson for the Dallas County district attorney’s office did not immediately respond to a Monday email asking if the two men will be tried together.
Conway has been on house arrest since late March, after posting bond for $750,000. His lawyers, Toby Shook and John Gussio, could not be immediately reached for comment on the court scheduling.
When Conway’s bail was reduced in March, Gussio told The Dallas Morning News that he and Shook looked forward to trial. “Our client is not guilty,” Gussio said.
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.
