“You wanna die in jail,” Boosie Badazz said in a social media response, questioning why Kewon White is appealing a murder conviction while giving interviews about the very crimes tied to his case.
Boosie Badazz is responding to Kewon White, the man convicted earlier this month of killing Mo3, after White admitted in a new interview that he also fired shots at Boosie and claimed he could have killed the Louisiana rapper if that had been his intention.
What Kewon White Said
White made the comments during a prison interview with Cam Capone News, released Thursday, September 24. He said he was angered by how Boosie carried himself upon arriving in Dallas following Mo3’s death in November 2020, accusing the rapper of trying to “play big dawg.”
White claimed he fired roughly ten shots at Boosie during that encounter, but insisted his goal was to send a message rather than kill him. He also referenced having “three opportunities” to take Boosie’s life.
Boosie was shot in the leg in Dallas on November 14, 2020, three days after Mo3 was killed and a day after Boosie attended a vigil for his late collaborator, according to police records cited by multiple outlets.
Boosie’s Response
White’s decision to discuss the shooting publicly struck a particular nerve with Boosie, mainly because White is actively appealing his capital murder conviction. Boosie took to social media to question that timing.
“Why would you file an appeal if you gonna do an interview talking about you had to kill [Mo3]?” Boosie said in his response, according to multiple outlets who reviewed the post. “You wanna die in jail.”
He continued criticizing White at length, suggesting the jailhouse interviews were a sign that White had grown comfortable behind bars.
The Case Against White
White was found guilty of capital murder earlier this month for fatally shooting Mo3, whose real name was Melvin Noble, on a Dallas highway in 2020. He has since filed a notice of appeal and is currently serving a sentence of life without parole.
During White’s trial, prosecutors alleged that Yella Beezy, born Deandre Conway, paid him to carry out the killing. White has denied receiving money from Beezy, and Beezy has denied any involvement in the plot. According to AllHipHop’s reporting on the case, federal prosecutors plan to use Beezy’s lyrics and social media history, along with the Boosie shooting itself, to argue he turned a public rap rivalry into a murder-for-hire scheme. His trial is expected to begin next month. A third defendant, Devin Brown, was also charged in connection with Mo3’s murder.
For Boosie, White’s latest comments have turned an already personal case into something even more direct, and the situation is likely to keep drawing attention as Yella Beezy’s trial approaches.
