Yella Beezy Wants To Delay His Mo3 Murder Trial After Shooter's Conviction

BY Gabriel Bras Nevares
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Yella Beezy Wants Delay Mo3 Murder Trial Shooter Conviction
Jan 20, 2022; Dallas, Texas, USA; Entertainer and rapper Yella Beezy sits courtside during the first half of the game between the Dallas Mavericks and Phoenix Suns at American Airlines Center. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Connect
Kewon White received a life sentence for fatally shooting Mo3, and he denied Yella Beezy paid him to carry the murder out.

Yella Beezy is set to face trial for the murder of Dallas rapper Mo3 on Monday (September 14), but he hopes to have more time to prepare for it. According to an exclusive AllHipHop report from Grouchy Greg Watkins, he and his legal team motioned for a judge to delay the proceedings after a jury convicted Kewon White of Mo3's murder. White received a life sentence in prison with no shot at parole, and prosecutors accused him of receiving payment from Beezy to carry out the hit. Defense attorneys argued prosecutors did not prove the connection during this trial.

Yella's team reportedly motioned for this just days after White's verdict, specifically around Wednesday (September 9). We will see if the court responds in time today (Friday, September 11) to this request, as there are no further updates on this at press time.

The reason for the delay request is because Yella Beezy's defense team wants the written record from Kewon White's trial and ran into a scheduling conflict concerning an expert witness who will form part of Beezy's case's presentation. The witness, Julianna Moore, is reportedly an 18-year veteran of federal court proceedings and knows of benefits available to witnesses if they cooperate with prosecutors. It's unclear, however, how this will relate to Beezy's case.

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"Moore isn’t available to testify during the week of September 21, 2026 because of a preplanned event," Yella's lawyer Toby Shook reportedly shared. "The White trial took two full weeks from the start…to sentencing. Thus, [Yella Beezy's] attorneys expect to present his defense during the week of September 21, the week that Moore isn’t available."

In addition, the defense team reportedly said ten days is an insufficient preparation period covering only five working days after White's trial. The witness lists for both trials are reportedly almost indistinguishable from one another, indicating jurors will hear a lot of the same arguments and evidence.

Yella Beezy pleaded not guilty to the charges against him. Following Kewon White's conviction, he claimed Beezy did not pay him for the murder. Beezy denies having anything to do with Mo3's murder.

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Gabriel Bras Nevares is a staff writer for HotNewHipHop. He joined HNHH while completing his B.A. in Journalism & Mass Communication at The George Washington University in the summer of 2022. Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Gabriel treasures the crossover between his native reggaetón and hip-hop news coverage, such as his review for Bad Bunny’s hometown concert in 2024. But more specifically, he digs for the deeper side of hip-hop conversations, whether that’s the “death” of the genre in 2023, the lyrical and parasocial intricacies of the Kendrick Lamar and Drake battle, or the many moving parts of the Young Thug and YSL RICO case. Beyond engaging and breaking news coverage, Gabriel makes the most out of his concert obsessions, reviewing and recapping festivals like Rolling Loud Miami and Camp Flog Gnaw. He’s also developed a strong editorial voice through album reviews, think-pieces, and interviews with some of the genre’s brightest upstarts and most enduring obscured gems like Homeboy Sandman, Bktherula, Bas, and Devin Malik.

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