Video summary
The trial for the alleged capital murder of rapper Mo3 has officially begun, centering on a deadly feud between him and fellow Dallas artist Yella Beezy. Prosecutors allege that Yella Beezy orchestrated the killing of Melvin Noble, known as Mo3, in 2020 by hiring Kiwan White to carry out the hit on Interstate 35E. While Yella Beezy has pleaded not guilty and denies any involvement, the case hinges significantly on whether rap lyrics will be admitted as evidence. The prosecution plans to present songs where Yella Beezy allegedly mentions putting a bounty on Mo3's life, while the defense argues that such lyrics constitute artistic expression rather than confessions of guilt.
A major development driving the trial strategy involves Kiwan White, who is currently serving time for unrelated federal gun charges. Prosecutors appear to be using White as a "setup" or pump fake, hoping he will change his plea deal and turn state's evidence against Yella Beezy before the trial concludes. If White agrees to testify, it would shift the burden entirely onto Yella Beezy to defend himself against the testimony of someone who has already been in prison for years. The defense team is aware of this tactic and is prepared for the possibility that White might fold under pressure, potentially leading to a sudden start of Yella Beezy's trial with the same jury pool if the judge allows it.
The courtroom proceedings are further complicated by the intense scrutiny on how Texas handles high-profile cases involving music culture and prison dynamics. The prosecution has successfully prevented a local detective who knows the rap scene well from testifying as an expert witness, though they may still subpoena other individuals involved in the music production to interpret lyrics. There is also significant tension regarding the influence of West Coast media, specifically the movie *Colors*, which both sides argue has negatively impacted street culture and gang affiliations across America. The trial highlights the harsh realities of the Texas prison system, where defendants face difficult choices between returning to federal facilities or facing state death row charges, adding immense psychological pressure to the legal proceedings.
As jury selection proceeds with attorneys narrowing down a pool of seventy-seven prospective jurors to twelve, the atmosphere remains tense with the potential for a dramatic shift in strategy. The prosecution's willingness to potentially try Yella Beezy immediately if White cooperates suggests they are confident in their case but are also prepared for a high-stakes confrontation. Meanwhile, the defense must navigate the challenge of proving that artistic expression should not be conflated with criminal intent, all while managing the threat of a witness who has already served significant time and may have incentives to implicate his former associate. The outcome of this trial will not only determine the fate of Yella Beezy but also expose the complex interplay between music, loyalty, and the justice system in Texas.
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selection begins today for that case
involving a deadly feud between two
rival rappers.
>> Mo three was shot to death back in was
on I30 back in 2020 and prosecutors say
this was a murder for higher plot.
Tissia Minga live outside the Dallas
County Courthouse to explain what's
ahead in this case. Tissia,
>> good morning guys. Yeah, Kiwan White,
the alleged hitman, is already serving
time for an unrelated gun charges and
now faces capital murder for MO3's
death. In MO3's death, now Mo 3, by the
way, his real name is Melvin Noble. He
was followed, chased, and killed on I35e
in 2020, and his death shocked the local
hiphop community. But prosecutors say
this wasn't a random shooting. They
allege Mo 3 was targeted as part of a
murder for higher plot. And they say
this case also centers on a longunning
feud between Noble and fellow Dallas
rapper Yellowy whose real name is Maris
Conway. Prosecutors accuse Conway of
orchestrating the killing and hiring
White to carry to carry it out. Now
Conway has pleaded not guilty and denies
involvement. One of the biggest
questions heading into trial is what
role will rap lyrics play?
>> OG, they're getting started. This thing
is jumping off. OG, are you there?
They're getting started.
>> Not yet.
>> OG.
>> He said he said he ain't guilty. He said
it wasn't him.
>> OG. This is This is crazy the way that
they're doing it. The prosecutor has
pulled in Kiwan White first. As you've
said, you've you've said some things
about this not being good for Yellow Bey
because he going first. I didn't really
understand at first until I heard this
one statement Tissia said here. And they
calling this boy hit man. But I I wanted
you to hear this one statement. I want
you to help me with it. Listen at this.
>> Judge has allowed some of Yellow Bee's
music, including lyrics about his feud
with MO3 to be presented as evidence.
The defense or the defense argues rap
lyrics are artistic expression, not
confessions. And during a pre-trial
hearing last week, a judge denied Dallas
a Dallas detective who has done a lot of
investigations involving involving
Dallas rappers. Well, that detective
will not be able to serve as an expert
witness on the rap music. And this is
important because the prosecution claims
Conway song lyrics mentioned putting a
bounty on Mo3. Jury selection begins
today and attorneys will narrow down a
pool of 77 prospective jurors to a panel
of 12. Now, White is the first defendant
to face trial and a judge did tell
Yellow Bezy and a third defendant to be
uh ready in case they they have to have
a trial today too in case something
changes. Now,
>> that's that that's the part right there.
Be ready to have a trial today in case
something changes. What the hell is this
this what is being said, OG? Why would
the prosecutor tell Yellow Bezy, be
ready to have a trial today? And so, he
he got he he in there probably sitting,
but why would he say that? What is that
all about? I thought they do one and
then the next one
>> because uh uh
potentially from what that sounds like
that
uh the defendant today, Mr. White, is
getting ready to change his plea and
turn state evidence to start a trial
against
>> That's exactly what that could be.
So it was a I see what you saying. So if
he come in there coping out,
we better just go start your trial
today, Yellow Beey.
>> Yeah. Yeah.
>> But I would think they would have to
have respect enough for them to Well,
they've already did the pre-trial
hearing, so it's all all uh uh what? All
gas, no breaks, as y'all always say,
right? So they everything's laid out to
go forward. So what they're saying is,
okay, if he come in here and and we
decide what he said and what you we done
with him is working towards something we
need to do to you, we going to flip
right there.
>> Right.
That's that's what the potential leader
is saying is that they're working on
something with Kon White that he'll
plead guilty to 20 years and he's going
to turn state evidence on Yellow Bezy.
So we getting ready to crank your trial.
We had his trial. Now we having yours.
>> That's why you said this didn't look
good. That's why you said I get it now.
Cuz if they flip this thing right now,
now it really looking crazy cuz they
putting all they all of they eggs in the
basket with Kiwan White to say, you know
what, he said you gave it to him. Now
it's his word against yours,
>> right?
>> Wow. What do you How do you see it now
playing out now that you've heard what
what the jud what the prosecutor is is
is lining him up with?
Well, still in all, you still got to
realize the fact that
uh the the judge did um
reject that the police can't come in.
>> The detective and and that detective
knew a lot about that music. They That's
another plus for Yellow Bezy,
>> right? Now, that don't mean they ain't
going to get somebody else.
>> There you go. And it could be somebody
else that was at
>> it could be a engineer. It could be
anybody that was doing the music could
have heard something in there while the
music being done. They could subpoena
anybody and have them up there trying to
understand why and what they done and
had to do with this whole whole deal.
Right.
>> That's right.
>> So Kiwan White comes in hot. I did not
expect them to say that. You probably
did because you're a little bit more
versed on it than me. I ain't never been
in a system where people turn over on
people. But this guy is basically now uh
uh uh they're saying we we brought him
down here. We going to put him in the
trial and see if he'll run up in that
gully and face this capital murder
charge to put him to the death penalty.
But if he start coping a plea, if he
starts saying, you know what, I want to
let me talk. Let me and his lawyer start
saying, "We not going to be able to beat
this. We not going to be able to beat
this." And and next thing you know, he
say, "Man, y can I can I have five
minutes?
Five minutes? Can we Can we have five
minutes?
>> That man been sitting up in prison for
five years on a on a federal gun charge.
>> Wow.
>> Now they didn't transfer him down to to
from the feds to the county jail is like
going from heaven to hell. And with a
case as massive as this, do you think
that man want to go through that and go
through TDC?
>> Yeah. So he going to have to go Yeah.
They got to go down there where it's
hot. They turning big rocks into little
rocks. Hitting on it all day long out in
that hot sun. 115 degree weather.
Huntsville, Texas down there or going to
West Texas out there of the guards or
you one of them uh convict units. What a
boy. They a death row. This is crazy,
man. He don't want that smoke coming
from the feds. I agree with you, OG.
Hell no. He don't want that smoke.
Big rocks in the little rocks is what
they do. They put a big old tractor out
there, a brand new tractor. They got a
big old They got a red white guy on a
horse and he riding that horse and they
got a big brand new tractor out there,
but they got some they got some handheld
saws out there, but they ain't going to
let you use that damn tractor. They want
you to see that tractor. I I I sent you
this article on this this guy and they
were talking about he's a psychopathic
killer and he killed his he killed his
little sister, you know, and it's
American, right?
>> Right.
>> And and and and why I sent you the
article because I hear somebody from
your state always talking about how hard
they was when they was in prison, right?
>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
That's two. We got a few people in our
state.
>> How how you know they used to uh DP this
and when when C came in and I had to do
this and this and that. But this white
boy is a psychopathic killer.
>> Uhhuh.
>> And and the unit he was in was called
Ferguson. I said,
>> "Yeah, Ferguson unit. That's that's
freaky Friday unit." Yeah. They get
freaky Friday. Cut one eyebrow on that
unit off on Friday and fight like hell.
>> I said, "Well, you know why he got a IB
on on this on this Yankee here?" Cuz
this man is a killer.
>> Boy, you over there. Leave us alone, OG.
Leave us alone, man.
>> Y'all talking,
>> OG, leave us alone.
>> How Ferguson was this and Ferguson was
that, boy? Y'all,
>> OG, you don't want me You don't want me
to go start pulling out stuff in San
Quinton, boy. You don't want that. You
don't want me to start talking about the
psychopathic white guys that was over
there running them units with y'all that
y'all wasn't playing with. And we we was
eating. I just sent you I just sent you
one last night. He was in St. Quinton.
>> A p a pig leg. Joe Morgan. Find out that
he was a fed in 1975.
>> Yeah, I see that. Yeah, we did talk
about that.
>> Yeah, but I've been knowing that man
since 197273.
>> You was chopping it up with him. You
didn't know he was a damn worker.
>> Yeah, you was chopping it up with him.
>> WE CHOPPED UP.
HOW you in? Yeah, you shared you. You
want your uh apple? You No, I'll take
your You want your milk? I'll take your
milk. You [ __ ] y'all was y'all was in
there together.
>> We was in Palm Hall together and uh me,
him, and Tokyo, uh the leader of the
Aryan Brotherhood and Pig Lake Joe ran a
hard line all the way till he died in
1994.
And now they come up with that he was a
a rat. He was with Haida. Well, I'm
telling you now, OG, uh, once you get in
these courtroom, like you said, I didn't
think about it, but he was in the he was
in the feds, now he in the county, you
can't even hardly go do nothing. They
got you locked down 24/7 almost. You
ain't really moving around. You inside
of a metal concrete hell. And I And it's
hot. It's hot. Boy, when I tell you it's
hot, it's hot in Texas right now, man. I
changed Hey, I changed a battery
yesterday and and and boy, my whole hand
just was burning. feel like a scorching
hot heat on 2:00 in the afternoon, man.
It's burning hot as it can. I mean, you
go outside, everybody's sneaking inside.
They don't even want to be outside.
>> That That'll make it turn to a plea real
quick.
>> Uh let's do a transact. I'll plead
guilty uh to this and we'll do a federal
transact and y'all send me back to do
the state time back in the feds and I'll
tell you everything you want to know
>> and he already been talking so he don't
want to be it's it's going to be a weird
trial for him and I think that's exactly
what's about to happen. I don't think
they plan on asking this guy a lot of
questions and bringing in a lot of
witnesses. This is a This is a pump fake
to pretty much get Yellow Beey set up to
go in as and him say, "Yeah, he he hired
me and now all these other ones that you
seen on that damn compiled list going to
start coming in talking all these
different people. You f to start seeing
the whole flow show. This just the tip
of the iceberg right here.
>> You getting ready to see some Texas mob
James on that stand?"
>> Oh no, you're not going to do that. OG
that West Coast don't try to compare
nothing we doing down here to what Mob
James and them did on in that trial. Mob
James got on that stand. Don't compare
that to what we got going in Texas is
totally different.
>> One thing about it that's that's known
to the world. Whatever Texas do, THEY DO
IT BIG.
>> YOU AIN'T WORTH A DAMN. YOU ain't worth
a damn. No sir. Don't you Don't you
dare. Don't you dare. Don't you dare try
to use the big thing now. It's all big
now because it come something negative.
>> It's all big in Texas, boy. And you
think it it thinkal
>> No, we can't compare no damn KVD trial.
OG, this is not the same thing. Don't do
that. Don't do that.
>> DON'T DO
THAT.
>> 267
witnesses
some stuff.
>> And And what make it so cold in Texas?
Y'all so polite. Yes, ma'am.
Yes. You have some.
>> No. No. See, I can't stand you. He in
there with a plaid shirt on. Don't take
it there. I seen Mob James up there with
a plaid shirt on.
>> Pretty much with a plaid shirt on,
arguing with the prosecutor about I
didn't want to send no man to prison,
but came in on the behalf of the
prosecution. I've been let y'all make
it. So, don't you dare don't you dare
speak on nothing. that's going on in
Texas, man.
>> When you see the barrage of people
coming for the prosecution,
he it's going to put mob James to shame,
>> man. Come on, man. Keep D them still,
you still got one big big problem over
there with that trial that y'all dealing
with. It's a huge problem in the element
that you leaving out on the Kefir D
trial. Mr. Suge Knight has not showed up
yet to do give us our uh uh grand
finale. finale.
>> He coming. Give us a grand finale. We
can't compare to what y'all with Suge.
Suge was in the damn car with Tupac when
he got when he got merked. Suge was in
the car. So you can't we ain't got a
damn thing down here that can compare to
that [ __ ] y'all did up there. Don't do
that. OG.
>> It's called Keon White.
>> No.
No sir. We can't compare. No.
Big and Tupac was dealing with that,
man. No, don't dare compare that. We
This IS WHERE WE GOT it from. That just
see you guys are the one that STARTED IT
OFF 30 years ago and we still looking at
the benefits of a guy who basically
looked up to y'all and a couple of
people down here. All these people
wearing these colors. All of them got
these damn rags in their damn pocket. We
didn't know nothing about that stuff.
Y'all turned us out, man. And I blame
the whole damn West Coast for that. Let
me I don't I got to get off of here.
>> And once y'all learned about it, y'all
took it off and took it big.
>> No, no, no. We didn't. No, WE DIDN'T
KNOW.
>> SOVEREIGN state of Texas, y'all. And
took something and we look at say, "What
the hell wrong with you?"
>> No, we don't. We cool players down here.
We wasn't even on that. We'll holler
stuff like Jack. We'll holl This in the
70s. We wasn't doing that. You might
have a few cats that pop somebody at a
gambling shack, but what y'all done when
y'all stuck them drivebys in and y'all
start stopping at red lights and stuff
making people y'all made a living hell
out of what was going on with the
culture, man.
>> And y'all y'all culture ain't got right
yet from THE PINK HOUSE.
>> NO, BECAUSE WE LEARNED THIS FROM Y'ALL.
Y'ALL WAS DOING crazy [ __ ] putting
movies out.
>> What happened to Lil Ronnie's uh uh uh
victims?
>> They in prison, man. You ain't got to
bring that up. All this stem from y'all.
All these guys wearing colors that they
got from y'all. I'm sick of it, too.
Anybody listen guys, do not be out here
trying to rep no set that y'all ain't
never even been on them streets. I done
been on these streets now. And I'm
telling you, stop doing it. No more set
repping for people that we don't know
what's going on. I'm stopping it right
now. The buck stops here. Colors was
wrong. We didn't that Colors movie, all
of that stuff. South Central a little
JRock them. Listen, man. We got we we
just got mesmerized in the pimping. We
didn't know what was really going down.
So,
>> well, and first of all, I'm glad you
said that because did none of us make
that movie? So, you get with them
Yankees
you and had you believing that was none
of that movie taken in Compton. So,
>> man, don't die Kane. Don't die, Kane.
That's some LA stuff. Don't die. Kane is
out there getting shot up at a red light
with o over something that happened that
and now you got to go look for the other
dude. We heard Trey and he got out the
backseat of the car.
Let me out. Trey, let me out. Yeah, dope
boy had to stop the car and let All this
stuff influence our people. We got to
try to figure out what the hell y'all
are doing.
>> Do you know where that was filmed at?
>> Where was it filmed at? OG
>> on Lions and Farm in FIFTH WARD, TEXAS.
OH NO.
DAMN. Oh jeez.
>> Nowhere close.
>> Oh gg. Come on, man. You can't tell me
no. Boy, you telling me that that damn
uh car with all them hydraulics and cube
was driving was down here in Texas, man.
Gone with that, man. You know y'all was
over there
>> on the corner you went to on the weekend
right there,
>> man. Oh, you gonna f me on cringshaw. On
craw. Oh, you gonna f me, man. We had
one good night without violence. Shut
up. You know, and all that, man. Y'all
are the worst. Y'all influenced the
culture wrong. That was the craziest
[ __ ] ever.
>> And that's so you know every word of the
movie.
>> I watched the hell out there movies
thinking, man, where where is OG at? I
didn't even know you at the time. But
that's got to be
>> I never watched it. I never watched
Colors Boys in the Hood. I lived it. So
I ain't no sense of me watching that
ain't real.
>> Oh gee. Why y'all Why? Listen, OG, uh
you are one of the guys that I look to
to see really what's going down with the
history and the culture, what happened
in in on the West Coast. And um when I
look at when I look at how how this
thing unfolded and I look at these young
folks all over the country from one side
to the next even in other country I was
in Hawaii and this boy had on a red rag
acting like he was down with the set. Do
you feel any kind of uh do you feel uh
bad for being a part of something that
influenced in that way all across
America? Just just like I can't
>> all across America.
>> I I didn't make colors. I didn't make
boys in the hood. Do the people that
made it, do they feel bad?
>> No. You're not getting out that easy.
No.
>> Kyoo Street is in Compton.
>> That's right. That's right.
>> That stuff done flew all over the world,
man. It's all in Hawaii. YOU DON'T FEEL
BAD ABOUT THAT?
>> But do do you think I name Pyro Street?
Get the get get the man that named the
streets. It wasn't me.
>> Oh, get let me get back. We can talk
about that other time, but Keywan White
is in trial today and they talking about
making a hard stop if they hear the
right information uh uh and to take it
the wrong way on yellow beey. Don't you
think that's crazy? And I didn't see it
coming, but you told me that.
>> I already knew it. Stay. That's That's
called the setup. The 42 fake.
>> That was a 42 fake. OG. Oh, she said the
42 fake. That was a whole play. A whole
football play. 42 fake.
>> Run it to the right side then hit him to
the left.
>> Oh man, the 42 fake. So they ain't
really worried about Kiwan and they know
they got him. They just trying to set it
up properly.
>> Trying to get the best he can get. Like
he don't want to break no rocks.
They could offer him a trustee position
and he'll sell somebody out with a
>> life.
He already told him, "Y'all may not like
what I do."
>> Oh, he did say that.
>> It's not going to be It's going to be
ugly for somebody, but somebody got to
survive. Dude, like, man, Marvin, you
didn't got this old what say? Somebody
got to live to tell a story. Everybody
can't die. Oh gee, this is crazy work
when you think about what's happening
with this whole case, man. Um, I hate it
for all of the families involved. I have
to end it on that note, man. I hate it
for all the families involved. When you
look at all of the people that's about
lives about to be destroyed, people
about to be exposed for who they really
are. Did you sign the paperwork? Was you
in there? What happened to you two years
ago when you went to the feds? Did you
end up talking during that time cuz you
knew this was coming down the pike? Did
you already sell him out before you got
your time in order to get your time
reduced on that other case? That's
something you have to think about. These
guys, a lot of these guys running up in
that courtroom, already done been to
prison and already done came back on
federal cases. Did they and state cases?
Did they have they already been working
out deals? Are they in fear to go back
down there? Like you said, it ain't just
one. It's several of them. There are
several people being shipped from
prison, federal prison, state prison,
back being subpoenaed for this case.
There's also guys who just got out who
are being pulled back into the courtroom
where they it's their worst nightmares
to leave that little girl or that little
boy that they've been gone from for four
years already, for five years already,
for two years already. Do you think
they're willing to sacrifice themselves
again to go back down and leave their
family again? Or do you think they'll
talk? We don't know what's going to
happen, but I'm going to stay tuned.
We're going to play byplay this thing.
We'll hear today. Will Kiwan White roll?
Because that last statement that young
lady made to Mia to to Tisia made when
she said that these people are about to
uh uh uh pretty much say if they can
roll it one way, then they going to go
with it this way because we can start
Yella's trial today. That mean they got
to stop Oh, do that mean they got to
pick another jury though? They got to
pick a jury to do that.
>> Yeah. So they just stop his
automatically and start the other one
with the jury and everything right
there.
>> No. No. They're going to have a big
yellow be another jury, but they already
got them in place.
>> Don't do that, man. They that cold with
it, OG.
>> That's that 77 that they was going to
use for Ke
in that room. When you make that deal,
they just come on, crack them on out. We
use yellow bees instead.
>> Oh man. Like a like that's a bad
situation. Guys, make sure you like,
subscribe to the channel, man. Guys,
we'll be play by playing this thing,
man. Let us know what you guys think,
man. Will Kiwan White fold or will Kiwan
White hold? I don't know, guys. And
also, guys, if you still watching, man,
this is what you got to get through your
head, man. Keith D. Kei D is back in
that courtroom today. He said that the
prosecutor was trying to uh making
letting his family have going through
all kind of hell right here. And I don't
know what's going to become of it, but
Kev D speaking out in there. I don't
know if he if you think I'm here to play
around with y'all. God damn it, I'm not.
He might give us one of those this week.
I have no idea. Boss Talk 101, man.
Review.
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