Video taking off 22x its usual first day

Brawl footage and rap videos enter Yella Beezy murder trial

WFAA's courtroom broadcast follows Detective Eric Barnes through an altercation, MO3's Instagram response and a timeline of music releases.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 82,003 views a day, 22 times a normal first day on this channel (3,709).

'I beat him up' - Video of brawl and more rap videos shown in court | Yella Beezy MO3 Murder Trial

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2:16Barnes testifies that Yella Beezy can be heard saying "I beat him up" in footage concerning Rainwater.
3:29MO3's Instagram response describes Rainwater as a promoter and manager rather than a street figure.
20:13Barnes identifies the altercation's location as outside the V-Live nightclub in Dallas.
26:30Barnes places the release of "Keep It in the Streets" five days after Rainwater's civil lawsuit.
40:04The court hears "On Ya Head," the Yella Beezy and Trapboy Freddy collaboration.
44:25Barnes says the song was relevant to his investigation because of its consistency with the ongoing dispute.

MO3's response to an attack on his manager plays on a courtroom monitor. In WFAA's coverage of the Yella Beezy murder trial, social media posts and music videos become exhibits as Dallas Police Detective Eric Barnes explains their place in his investigation.

Yella Beezy is on trial accused of hiring someone to kill MO3, whose real name was Melvin Noble Jr. The prosecution's questioning in this excerpt focuses on an earlier altercation involving MO3's manager, Brandon "Rainwater," and recordings released afterward.

Barnes identifies Yella Beezy in footage and testifies that he can be heard saying, "I beat him up." The court then watches MO3's Instagram response, in which he describes Rainwater as a college-educated promoter and manager, rather than a street figure.

The broadcast drew about 33,000 views in seven hours, already well beyond WFAA's usual full-day audience for videos of this length.

Later, Barnes locates the altercation outside Dallas's V-Live nightclub. He testifies that Rainwater filed a civil lawsuit in February 2020 and that Yella Beezy's "Keep It in the Streets" music video followed five days later. The court also hears "On Ya Head," a collaboration with Trapboy Freddy, as Barnes explains why the recordings were relevant to his investigation.

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