Dallas rap rival murder-for-hire trial begins on Monday

The key defendants in a rap rival murder for hire case are facing trial next week.Melvin Noble, who went by MO3, was chased and gunned down on Interstate 35 in Dallas in 2020.Jury selection begins Monday for his accused hitman – Kewon White.MO3 MurderProsecutors allege Yella Beezy, whose legal name is Markies Conway, was the man who paid White to kill Noble. Conway was seemingly involved in a rap beef with Noble before the shooting.White allegedly stopped Noble in the middle of the busy interstate and shot him. A third defendant, Devin Brown, is also charged with murder. Prosecutors said he was in the car with White and was seen in surveillance video walking up Noble while wearing a ski mask.Friday’s Pretrial HearingThe biggest takeaway from a pretrial hearing on Friday was that Dallas Police Department Det. Eric Barnes, who has done a lot of investigations involving Dallas rappers, will not be able to serve as an expert witness on the rap music.This is important because the prosecutio