Cavario Hunter took me to see Raymond "Benzino" Scott of The Source Magazine and Love and Hip Hop Atlanta. We talked about his dad's Gangster career and Boston History

In the early 1990's Big Caz of the Rollin Sixties Crips was running a highly profitable dope operation out of the Huntington Apartments in now gentrified downtown Los Angeles. One day, he fought a dope customer... who ended up going down for the long sleep.

J Joka is an old friend of Al Profit. He is from San Bernadino and Detroit. From 2000 to 2008 he was Federal prison inmate. Today he runs a non-profit organization

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In this video, we're going to explore the alleged genesis of J Prince Mobb Ties. Was Rap A Lot founded from Dope Money? We'll explore the history, the music, and the controversy surrounding one of the most influential labels in Rap history- well, before the latest incident with J Prince Jr and the Migos....

Jeff Fort was the 1st of the famous teenage Gang Lords to arise from Chicago, Illinois. His story is one of THE most interesting gangster stories of the 20th century

The Pandemic crime wave has had led to a massive increase in the homicide rate all across America... there were two new victims in Detroit last week, after Orlando Whitfield.. a man who would have certainly been behind bars before the pandemic committed his monstrous crime. This truly is "crime in the d" and detroit crime news.

How Morris Levy and the Jewish and Italian Organized Crime Mafia controlled black music for their own profit. In the late 70's Bobby Joe Horne aka "The Night Hawk" fell victim to the Genovese family due to shady maneuvers by D.C. OG Gangster Linwood Gray.

The Mafia was, and perhaps still is, one of the most important players in the American pop music business. From Rock n roll to rap, but especially, R&B, and Nathan McCalla had been the business partner, bodyguard, and protege of one of music industries biggest gangsters. Morris Levy. And Big Nat would never have been knocked off without the go-ahead from his so-called mentor Morris Levy and his Genovese Mafia Music bosses.

Big Nat McCalla was Levy’s right-hand man and vice president of Roulette Records, as well as the owner of a tiny R&B music label backed by Levy named Calla Records. Morris Levy is infamous stealing publishing royalties from many, many famous music acts. In the 50’s Levy had Count Basie and Frankie Lymon.. Who was a heroin addict by 14 years old. A fresh faced white kid from Pittsburgh who came to New York with offers to sign from every single major label.. Found that all the offers were retracted the very next day because Morris Levy called them. Tommy James ended up having over 30 million.. In 1970’s and 70’s money -over 100 M’s today- stolen by Levy and McCalla at Roulette Records. So Morris Levy and the Mafia stole more money from Tommy James alone than, say, the infamous Frank Matthews, made and stashed. Think about that. Tommy James was forced to leave New York, and eventually extricate himself from Roulette records when there was a Mob war in New York and Levy was afraid Tommy James would be targeted by the Colombo famlly because the Genovese were his backers.

J Joka of "It's a Hard Life" interviewed his cousin Big James of Death Row Records about some of his experiences in prison

The year is 1959, the place is GreenHaven maximum security prison in upstate New York. This is where an unlikely friendship amongst

3 young gangsters: one from Brooklyn, one from the Bronx, and one from Harlem.

This unholy trinity would have more effect on the day to day living of "the streets" of the Rotten Apple, than probably anyone during the 60's and 70's.

Their names were Joey Gallo, Matty Madonna, and Leroy Barnes and for the most of the following 20 years they helped keep the streets of New York full of the most soul enslaving drug ever. The Big H.

Joey Gallo was a soldier in the Profaci family, and when Barnes met him he was fresh off being a triggerman in one of the most infamous gangland hits ever, the barber chair job on Albert, the "Mad Hatter" Anastasia of Murder Inc.

As the story goes, Joey Gallo schooled Barnes on the structure and practices of La Cosa Nostra whose institutional strength is such that is now well over 100 years old.

Madonna’s friendship with Barnes blossomed in the 1960’s and into the 70’s, as he became, possibly, the single largest Heroin connect in the country for the Italians. After their release from prison, Madonna started supplying large quantities of heroin to Barnes. Madonna would drop off a car with a trunk full of heroin at a Manhattan parking lot. Barnes would pick up the heroin later and exchange it for cash. A few days later, Madonna would return to pick up the car with the cash. Madonna and Barnes continued this arrangement until 1975, when Madonna was arrested for attempting to deliver 10 keys of H from Bangkok in New York City, mostly likely destined to Leroy “Nicky” Barnes. On December 21, 1976, Madonna was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison.

In December 1981, while still in prison, Madonna received a summons to testify before a grand jury about narcotics activity in the New York area. In two appearances before the grand jury, Madonna refused to testify, even after being granted immunity from self-incrimination. The judge finally held Madonna in contempt of court. Madonna received an extra 528 days added to his sentence.

Labar "Bro Man" Spann and several of his fellow 4 Corner Hustlers are facing a potential death penalty in their RICO indictment. Its a long, twisted, and dark story that involves El Chapo, Kato Rangel, the Flores Twins, corrupt cops...who knows what the truth is?