Another longtime associate of Yella Beezy took the stand against him on day eight of his murder-for-hire trial, according to a report titled “Another One of Yella Beezy’s Friends Testifies Against Him.” Jurors also watched a 2019 DJ Vlad interview in which the rapper spoke about retaliating after he was shot.
Cedric Bradley’s Testimony
On Thursday (Nov. 5), Cedric Bradley testified that because the rest of the crew had not stuck to the code and were testifying, he saw no reason to keep holding up his end. He told jurors that Kewon White, who was convicted of capital murder for killing Mo3, confessed to him after the shooting and said he was still waiting to be paid.
Bradley also said there was tension between Mo3, Yella Beezy and fellow rapper Trapboy Freddy, and that the beef was about money and drugs.
As he left the courtroom and returned to custody, Bradley stared at Beezy and smirked. Bradley faces up to 30 years or more after pleading guilty to federal drug conspiracy and machine gun charges in a separate case.
The DJ Vlad Interview
Jurors watched an August 2019 interview with DJ Vlad, recorded months after Beezy survived a shooting in Dallas. The shooting is believed to have been carried out by Mo3 and his crew. Asked whether he would accept an apology from whoever shot him, Beezy said: “I’ma get back my lick back. I don’t give a f**k. Ain’t no walk away.”
Evidence of the Feud
Lead investigator Det. Eric Barnes walked jurors through evidence tracing the years-long feud between Beezy and Mo3. It included diss tracks, social media posts and footage of a January 2020 assault on Mo3’s manager, Brandon Rainwater. In one video recorded after the altercation, Beezy can be heard saying, “I beat him up.”
Prosecutors also presented footage of Beezy, co-defendant Jerry Johnson and associate Jose Bodega traveling to Miami on a private jet in October 2020. They showed bank records and cell phone data as well. The state presented the material as part of its timeline of events leading up to Mo3’s murder in November 2020.
The trial was set to resume Friday morning.
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