Dallas rapper Yella Beezy has been found guilty of capital murder in the shooting death of rival artist Mo3.
Under Texas law, conviction carries an automatic sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.
His lawyer said he plans to appeal.
Yella Beezy, whose legal name is Markies Conway, was charged with ordering the murder of Mo3whose legal name was Melvin Noble, in November 2020. Kewon White, the shooter in the case, was convicted last month and sentenced to life in prison.
Conway has pleaded not guilty to offering White and another man, Devin Brown, $40,000 to carry out the fatal shooting. Brown is also expected to go to trial soon.
Conway’s trial lasted more than two weeks before the jury returned its verdict.
During testimony, witnesses detailed Mo3’s ambush. Especially, the second day of the trial featured the moving testimony of a doctor who witnessed the shooting on I-35 and risked his own safety to help the victim, Noble.
The jury also heard from rapper Jose Bodega, whose legal name is Theodore Thomas. In previous grand jury testimony, Thomas described a feud between Conway and Noble, but at trial he claimed he made it up. The judge allowed prosecutors to treat Thomas as a hostile witness.
Conway now enters the punishment phase of the trial.
In 2021, Conway, who had previously opened for Jay-Z and Beyoncé, was arrested in Collin County on three charges of sexual assault, abandoning a child in danger and illegally carrying a weapon. Those the charges were later dismissed.
In 2018, Conway was shot multiple times inside car on Sam Rayburn Turnpike in Lewisville.
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