North Texas rapper Yella Beezy was released on bond Friday after it was reduced to $750,000 from $2 million a day prior.
Yella Beezy, whose real name is Markies Conway, was arrested for allegedly orchestrating the murder of a fellow rapper in November 2020.
Conway was released just after 10 a.m. Friday morning.
Yella Beezy bond hearing
Prosecutors released video of rapper Mo3 being shot at and chased down by a hitman on I-35 in Dallas. The video was shown during a bond hearing for fellow rapper Yella Beezy who allegedly hired the hitman Kewon Dontrell White.
Conway appeared in court Thursday asking for a bond reduction.
His bond amount was set at $2 million after he was arrested last week for the death of rapper Mo3, or Melvin Noble.
The state argued that Conway is a danger and has the means to flee if he wants to, adding that Conway owns a bulletproof Denali for a reason.
The judge listened to testimony from the rapper’s grandmother, who said he could not afford to pay a $2 million bond despite owning a bulletproof Denali and living in a mansion in Frisco.
Judge Gracie Lewis ultimately decided to reduce Conway’s bond amount to $750,000 with conditions, including an order against contacting any of the victims or witnesses.
Yella Beezy Arrested
Dallas rapper Markies Conway, who goes by the name Yella Beezy, was arrested and charged in a murder-for-hire scheme connected to the death of another rapper. Melvin Noble, who went by Mo3, was killed in an ambush-style shooting on I-35 in Dallas in 2020.
The backstory:
Conway was arrested after being indicted by a Dallas County grand jury and arrested on March 20. He’s now charged with capital murder while remuneration.
Police believe he hired a hitman to carry out Noble’s murder.
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Investigators now say rapper Yella Beezy was behind the ambush-style murder of fellow rapper Mo3 in the middle of the day on I-35 back in 2020.
Noble was gunned down in broad daylight in the middle of Interstate 35 in November of 2020.
Investigators said Noble was in his car on the interstate when Kewon Dontrell White, while wearing a ski mask and holding a gun, approached his car.
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Noble got out of his car and started running away. White shot him in the back several times.
White was arrested a month later and charged with murder. He’s currently serving a nine-year prison sentence for firearm charges connected to the shooting.
