Yella Beezy Being Called ‘Biggest Rapper From Texas’ Is a Reach

A Facebook post from July 8 is going viral with a wild take on Dallas rapper Yella Beezy.

Facebook user Leon Ondiekii is clearly Team Beezy, arguing he’s the biggest artist from Texas. He wrote Beezy’s list of collaborations, naming off his songs with Chris Brown (“Restroom Occupied”), Lil Wayne (“Hit”), Gucci Mane (“Bacc At It Again”), Young Thug (“Headlocc”), Lil Baby (“Up One”), Gunna (“On Fleek”) and more. You get the idea, he’s trying to say that no other Texas rapper has collaborated with these mainstream rap artists on the level of Beezy.

The other artists he mentions were featured on his remix to “That’s On Me,” which had 2 Chainz, T.I., Rich the Kid, Jeezy, Boosie Badazz and Trapboy Freddy. Then he names Kevin Gates (“What I Did”), NLE Choppa (“Hitta”) and EST Gee (“Pimp”) to round out his point that “he’s not the greatest from Dallas, he’s the greatest from Texas.”
His final thought is that he did it “bigger than everybody from Texas,” taking a dig at an unnamed rapper whom one can presume is Mo3, who was killed in 2020. As a reminder, Beezy was arrested in March and faces a capital murder charge in connection with Mo3's death, but more on that later. Ondiekii also alleges Mo3 couldn’t accomplish what Beezy did, even though fans know he rapped his ass off.
First, Beezy deserves props for making it from the underground to the mainstream with his style of singing, rapping and blurring the two over booming beats. Through thick Texan twang, “That’s On Me” off Lite Work, Vol. 2 became a magnetic and relatable anthem for being overlooked. He and Trapboy Freddy brought in new attention to the Dallas rap scene in the late 2010s that hasn’t been felt in years.

But c’mon, biggest rapper from Texas? That’s a reach. The comments section on his Facebook post and on Dallas Global's Instagram post, which was posted on Tuesday, let him have it. Beezy has struggled to have one of his singles connect with rap fans since his Billboard Hot 100 charting hit “That’s On Me.” While the single and its remix are certified platinum, he also has gold singles in “Bacc At It Again” and “Restroom Occupied.” By comparison, Mo3 slightly edges him out on numbers with three platinum singles – “Outside (Better Days),” “Broken Love” and “Everybody” – and a gold single (“Long Time Coming”). He possesses a gold certification for his album Shottaz 4Eva (Deluxe).

Secondly, if you go to any clubs or shows in Dallas, the DJs often play more Mo3 than Beezy because Mo3 simply has a better catalogue. Mo3 has deep mixtape cuts and a whole album with Boosie called Badazz Mo3. Last year’s posthumous album Legend still had some bangers on it, including collabs with Tye Harris (“Came Up 2”) and Boosie (“Wade in the Water”) that showed his melodic rap is comparable to none. Beezy tried to make us care that his next album would be executive-produced by Lil Wayne, but we still don’t know when it's coming out.

Beezy may be good as a surprise guest at a show and a recognizable face co-signing the New Dallas movement, but he is not the biggest rapper from Texas. That goes to a number of people ahead of him: Bun B, Pimp C, Scarface, Travis Scott, Megan Thee Stallion and even BigXThaPlug, who crushed his European festival run.

Finally, you can’t ignore Beezy’s case, where he is charged in an alleged murder-for-hire plot in the death of Mo3. He’s been out on bond, posting the $750,000 after it got reduced from $2 million. He’s been releasing new music with the contemplative “My Head” and the HBCU-ready “The 1” featuring Trapboy Freddy. He’s trying to steer the attention away from the case and get people to focus on his music again. The pending trial is making it hard to listen.

Beezy eventually joined the comments, clarifying that he isn’t the greatest, but one of the greatest. He knows there are people in front of him who pioneered the Texas sound. “To be mentioned with the greats is a blessing in itself,” he wrote. “Shoutout to dude tho, I’ma student of the game.”

Beezy and Mo3 should never be pitted against each other. The fans don’t get anything out of it, and it further divides them all for clicks. Instead, let’s pose another question: Who is the biggest rapper out of Texas that did it with no features?