DJ Akademiks Gets Emotional Looking at Yella Beezy’s Mugshot: “All I See Is Regret”
DJ Akademiks has covered the Yella Beezy case from every angle, but the mugshot stopped him cold.
On his livestream, Ak pulled up the Dallas rapper’s new booking photo — front and profile, taken after the verdict — and went quiet in a way his chat rarely sees. “I look into his eyes, and I can tell he is not there,” he said. “When I look at his face, all I see is regret.”
Ak said he expects Yella Beezy to speak publicly at some point and put on a brave front, but he doesn’t believe the reality has landed any softer than it looks. In his read, the photo shows a man “holding a strong face, probably mostly for his family and his fans” — and none of the defiance from the interviews Yella gave before the trial, when he talked about getting his get-back no matter how the case ended. “I don’t see it when I look at this mugshot,” Ak said.
He also pointed to the one road left: an appeal. Ak noted Yella likely has the resources to fight the conviction, said he hopes it works out for him, and estimated the process could take around two years.
The moment lands on top of a verdict that closed one of Dallas rap’s darkest chapters. On November 11, a Dallas County jury convicted Yella Beezy, real name Markies Conway, of capital murder by remuneration, finding that he paid gunman Kewon White $40,000 to kill MO3. MO3, real name Melvin Noble, was shot on Interstate 35E in Dallas on November 11, 2020 — exactly six years before the verdict came down.
Because prosecutors did not seek the death penalty, the sentence was mandatory under Texas law: life in prison without the possibility of parole. Conway pleaded not guilty, his defense argued the case was built on speculation rather than proof, and his legal team has said they plan to appeal.
White is already serving life without parole after his own conviction in September. A third defendant, Devin Brown, is still charged in the case and awaiting trial.
Sources: Akademiks’ livestream; trial and sentencing reporting by CNN, WFAA and XXL. Booking photo: Dallas County jail.
