Dallas rapper Yella Beezy is getting a small break from house arrest, with a judge now allowing him to leave home once a week to record music. The decision, filed this week in Dallas County, permits the artist — whose legal name is Markies Conway — to travel for studio sessions between 5 and 10 p.m. one day per week while he awaits trial on a capital murder charge.
Beezy has been on electronic monitoring and confined to his home since March. Court records show he is accused of arranging the 2020 killing of fellow Dallas rapper MO3, whose real name was Melvin Noble. Prosecutors allege Beezy hired a gunman in a plot that led to MO3's death on Interstate 35E, a high-profile case that drew national attention.
His attorneys argued that the previous restrictions prevented him from earning a living and meeting financial responsibilities tied to his music career. The judge's order maintains all other terms of Beezy's house arrest. A trial date has not yet been set.
