Markies Conway, known as Yella Beezy, dropped a 20-slide Instagram carousel on January 18, capturing his unbreakable bond with mom Kim.
One shot shows him gripping her hand in a hospital bed, her tattoo of his name stark against pale skin. Throwbacks mix family laughs, FaceTime calls, and kid-filled moments, painting a picture of his rock through every storm.
He poured out the void: daily talks gone, reels unspoken for, and arguments that kept them tight now silent. Born fighting side by side, they faced the world as a unit, her fierce protection unmatched. Beezy wrestled with faith too, hurt she left when he needed her most, yet sure God welcomed her home with open arms.
No word on what took her, just the raw ache landing days before a Dallas court date. Videos surfaced of a January 19 balloon release in her honor, with friends gathering to lift memories skyward. Her funeral wrapped midweek, Beezy laying her to rest amid fresh pain.
Court Chaos Meets Family Tragedy
Beezy’s absence from a January 16 pretrial hearing confirmed the loss, with lawyers citing grief and a flood of prosecution evidence.
Judge Chika Anyiam bumped the capital murder trial from February 2 to August 24, giving time to sift through the massive discovery on the 2020 Mo3 killing. Prosecutors claim he paid Kewon White to gun down the rising Dallas rapper on I-35E during rush hour.
Yella Beezy (Credit: CBC)
Out on a $750,000 bond since March 2025 after a cut from $2 million, Beezy stays under house arrest with an ankle monitor. Bond rules let him hit the studio weekly for up to five hours, fueling tracks like September’s “Blame It On Me.” The delay eases short-term pressure, but the cloud lingers over his career.
Online chatter spiked, some dubbing it karma for Mo3 ties, others slamming the cruelty of such talk during mourning. Beezy’s post racked up thousands of reactions, with celebs like Porsha Williams and Tommie Lee dropping prayers.
Fans Rally, Doubts Linger in Shadows
Yet speculation brews in corners, with YouTube clips questioning the circumstances around her passing and the timing being too neat before the trial. No medical report out, just unconfirmed rumors fueling debate about whether it’s a coincidence or a curse. Beezy stays quiet on details, focus locked on healing and family.
Through it all, his music grind persists from home base, a thread holding him steady. Kim’s spirit, tattooed and tattooing lives, pushes him forward into whatever August brings. Dallas hip-hop watches closely, rooting for the fighter she raised, one reel at a time.
Long before Chevy Chase packed his bags from Community, trouble brewed on the Greendale set. The Saturday Night Live alum, cast as the bigoted millionaire Pierce Hawthorne, chafed against creator Dan Harmon’s vision from day one.
NBC had pushed for Chase despite Harmon’s preference for actors like Fred Willard or John Cleese, setting up instant friction.
Chase often bailed early on shoots, skipping scenes he deemed unfunny, like a poignant father-son moment in the season 3 video game episode “Digital Estate Planning.” This irked the team, especially as sets got dismantled on the final day.
Tensions peaked at the season 3 wrap party. Harmon rallied the crowd in an anti-Chase chant aimed at the actor and his family, sparking Chase to fire off a leaked angry voicemail loaded with expletives. NBC axed Harmon soon after, but the bad blood stuck.
Chase stuck around for season 4 under new showrunners, yet his gripes about long hours and Pierce’s slide into a one-note racist caricature kept simmering. He later called returning a “big mistake,” mainly to cash paychecks for his family.
Co-stars like Joel McHale recalled physical scuffles, with Chase’s ego clashing against the younger ensemble’s energy. These early fights painted a picture of a star feeling boxed in by the TV grind, far from his ’80s movie glory days.
The Slur Blowup That Broke Everything
The breaking point hit during season 4’s “Advanced Documentary Filmmaking,” directed by Jay Chandrasekhar. Chase snapped over a scripted bit with his character using a blackface hand puppet, ranting that writers would next have Pierce drop the N-word.
Yvette Nicole Brown, playing Shirley, overheard and stormed off set, offended by the word in rehearsals. Chase apologized right away, but the story leaked to tabloids, painting him as a racist.
A fresh 2025 documentary, I’m Chevy Chase, and You’re Not, revives these details through Chandrasekhar’s account. He describes Chase’s full meltdown afterward, yelling about his ruined career before vanishing for good.
Chevy Chase (Credit: NBC)
NBC and Chase mutually parted ways six episodes into the 13-episode season, letting him film one more before bouncing. Brown and others felt the sting, especially given prior racial cracks Chase allegedly lobbed at Donald Glover between takes, per Harmon’s later accounts.
Chase pushed back years on, telling Marc Maron’s podcast the show “wasn’t funny enough,” leaving him feeling constrained around that daily table. Glover brushed it off as an aging comic fighting obsolescence, but the damage rippled through the cast.
Fallout Shadows Greendale’s Final Days and Beyond
Pierce got killed off-screen in season 5’s opener, his hologram bidding a snarky farewell before a lie detector test reading sowed chaos among survivors.
This let Donald Glover’s Troy sail off properly, turning Chase’s exit into plot fuel. The show thrived post-Chase, with Harmon back for seasons 5 and 6, cementing its cult status on Netflix.
Chase’s absence feels stark now, as the long-teased Community movie gears up without him. McHale shut down return talk flat: “I don’t think so,” nodding to Pierce’s death. Harmon joked about insurance roadblocks, while Chase’s recent gripes make reconciliation unlikely.
A 2026 doc clip even twists blame toward old Harmon scripts, though he had zero hand in season 4. Fans cherish Pierce’s highlights, like his Dungeons & Dragons rants or heartfelt beats, but real-life mess keeps Chase sidelined from reunions.
The saga underscores Hollywood’s brutal side: egos collide, slurs slip, and comedies crack under pressure. Greendale moved on stronger, but Chase’s shadow proves tough to shake.
