Dallas judge weighs rap lyrics as evidence before Yella Beezy murder trial

A pre-trial hearing has ended in a murder-for-hire case involving two Dallas rappers. A judge could decide soon whether Yella Beezy’s rap lyrics can be admitted as evidence.Yella Beezy HearingAttorneys for rappers MO3 and Yella Beezy returned to a Dallas courtroom on Tuesday morning.The case centers on the murder of MO3, whose real name was Melvin Noble Jr. He was gunned down in the middle of a busy Dallas highway in 2020.Yella Beezy, whose real name is Markies Conway, is accused of hiring the hitman.The pre-trial hearing that started last week focused on whether Conway’s rap lyrics can be used as evidence.Prosecutors said they are relevant because Conway put a bounty out for MO3 in a song. But the defense argued that the lyrics are artistic expression and not facts.The judge has not yet made a final decision on whether the lyrics can be used as evidence."The songs the state selected does not contain all of that, they are braggadocios about criminal activity, but the criminal activity