Yella Beezy’s life sentence has not cleared his debts. Court documents show the Dallas rapper still has a $478,200.43 civil judgment hanging over him, owed to Brandon Rainwater, the former manager of Mo3, according to Complex.
The paper trail starts in January 2020, when Rainwater says he was beaten outside the V Live nightclub in Dallas. HotNewHipHop reported at the time that he sued weeks later, citing a dislocated hip and physical therapy while demanding $1 million.
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A Dallas County judge signed the judgment on Sept. 30, 2024. It combines $331,337.12 in actual damages, $25,000 in exemplary damages, $116,511.60 in prejudgment interest, and $5,351.71 in court costs.
Interest keeps running at 8.5 percent annually until the balance is paid. Rainwater says Beezy has not paid. The filing does not show whether any money has changed hands.
The assault returned to the spotlight during Beezy’s capital murder trial. According to FOX 4’s trial coverage, prosecutors played surveillance from that night, along with clips of Beezy discussing the attack and Mo3 mocking his version of events. Beezy later released a track titled “Keep It in the Streets” after the lawsuit was filed.
Prosecutors presented the episode as evidence of bad blood between the camps. Rainwater was also on the phone with Mo3 when he was shot on Interstate 35E in November 2020.
On Nov. 11, exactly six years after the killing, a jury convicted Beezy of capital murder. Judge Chika Anyiam sentenced the 35-year-old to life without parole. Gunman Kewon White received the same sentence in September, and Devin Brown still awaits trial.
Beezy’s attorney, Toby Shook, plans to appeal. “We’re going to keep fighting,” he told FOX 4.
For Rainwater, the verdict closes one chapter while the debt stays open. A judgment does not vanish because a defendant is incarcerated, and the order allows legal measures to pursue collection. Whether Rainwater ever sees that money is another question.
