CRIMINAL MINDED MEDIA: SUPER FEED

Criminal Minded Media Founder Don Sikorski, produced and narrates the podcast that uncovers the secret that FBI Agent Phil Carson has held onto for 15 years, which proves for the final time that there was in fact a cover-up of the murder of hip-hop superstar The Notorious B.I.G. by officials at the LAPD. This is the first time an FBI Agent has spoken about the case.

Agent Carson is talking, and Sikorski has the FBI files to prove it.

This ground-breaking podcast spans 20 years inside the underbelly of crime in the dark forces of the LAPD that used power and influence to hide the evidence and facts. LAPD officers orchestrated the murder of Biggie Smalls.

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In the 1980’s, few people were more feared in Brooklyn than legendary street figure Jimmy Rosemond, aka “Jimmy Henchman,” or “Jimmy Ace.”

After serving time at Rikers Island as a youth, Jimmy made his play to go legitimate.

In 1991, Jimmy co-founded the first Hip-Hop Mega conference called How Can I Be Down. This groundbreaking event would go on to become the breeding ground for some of hip-hop most celebrated artists. Jimmy started Henchman Entertainment (later changed to Czar Entertainment) where he managed artists & athletes that included Groove Theory, Akon, The Game, Gucci Mane, Sean Kingston, Rick Ross, Shyne, actor Michael K. Williams, and boxer Mike Tyson. Jimmy also managed a team of up-and-coming music producers and under his tutelage, huge hits like Salt N Peppa’s record Shoop were birthed.

Success and money rolled in, putting Jimmy firmly at the top of his game – Jimmy had made it, he had fought back against his tough childhood to become a respectable businessman making millions of dollars a year.

However, even as Jimmy tried to outrun his “Henchman” past, he would be sucked into the notorious East Coast vs West Coast rap wars, and later the feud between 50 Cent and The Game.

These beefs would haunt Jimmy forever, shining the spotlight back on his nefarious past & drawing the attention of US Attorney Todd Kaminsky.

In June of 2011, Jimmy was arrested by DEA Agents and US Marshalls, after being on the run for months. Jimmy was charged in the Eastern District of New York with what is called “The Kingpin Statute.” This 13-count indictment alleged that Jimmy was the leader of a nationwide, drug organization that was using the cover of his Hip-Hop music business and recording studios to transport close to 30 kilos of cocaine a month. Many in the Hip-Hop community believed that this was the inevitable conclusion to the man and the myth.

So how on earth did this story of success and smart business savvy end up in a high profile criminal trial and a life sentence?

Was it even possible that Jimmy, one of the most recognizable figures in hip hop, could moonlight as a ruthless drug trafficker who ran a bi-coastal drug ring that distributed thousands of kilos of cocaine onto the streets of Brooklyn and Queens?

Most importantly, did Jimmy ever have a legitimate chance to outrun his past, or does that only happen in movies?

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After almost a full year re-investigating the case, we (along with Devereux & Bommersbach) break down exactly what happened in the murder of Don Bolles.

That includes who we believe was behind the murder, the investigation that got Don Bolles killed, and the innocent man who died in prison, convicted for the murder of a journalist. We attempt to settle all scores.

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CMM's Don Sikorski, sits down with Chad Hopenwasser A.K.A. @lifeasbigman, to discuss all the latest in B-Ball, Wemby, The Final Four and so much more.

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Criminal Minded Media's Don Sikorski sits down with Chased author Lennie Grimaldi in Part 3. of their interview.

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In this final episode of this audio series, I needed to come full circle with an idea that I started twenty years ago as a young man, my instincts to uncover a battleground between Hip-Hop music and law enforcement was way ahead of the curve, and at that time with the completion of my documentary film Rap Sheet, I thought I had some answers, and clarity on what I set out to accomplish. 

In hindsight, when I look at the landscape between our criminal justice system today, and the many cases of murder, or crime tied to the music of Hip-Hop, I wonder if in those twenty years if nothing has changed, maybe it has gotten worse. There is something bittersweet about that analysis because that would mean within our society, the leaders we have, the intellectuals, and more importantly law enforcement just can’t seem to evolve in anyway. 

2020 brought what many thought was a monumental cultural shift, or awakening for us, but three years removed the prison industrial complex, the corrupt prosecutors, and the so-called system just seems to labor on, with no concrete and lasting change, I could make a case it is getting worse. 

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In 1986, as the case flounders, Jana Bommersbach and 3 other journalists start a 12-month investigation for The New Times to coincide with the 10-year anniversary of the bombing.

While conducting a death row interview with the man convicted of luring Bolles to the hotel, Jana gets some information that turns the state’s theory on its head.

We are also given audio recordings of depositions that point to the innocence of Max Dunlap & the guilt of a local attorney in the plot to kill Don Bolles.

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Today on The Propsect, we're do things a little differently.

Don Sikorski interviews Mike Evans, the founder of Full Court Peace, an organization that works in Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, El Salvador, the Wind River Indian reservation, and other destinations, to rebuild basketball courts, and use the sport to bridge the divide inside and out diverse neighborhoods.

It is the use of basketball for the purpose of human rights, connection, and a simple idea — if we can all connect at a human level, then the world might just be a better place.

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CMM's Don Sikorski, sits down for Part II of his interview with Chased author, Lennie Grimaldi.

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91 MURDERS in Hip-Hop, that is the current number of Hip-Hop artists who have been killed since 1987 when Scott La Rock was killed in the Bronx, and TakeOff was tragically taken from the world in 2022.

91 Murders, wherein close to 50 of those murders remained unsolved by the police.

Some are long running investigations and some of these cases have taken on mythical status where the narrative of who murdered who is now lost down a rabbit hole of Internet conspiracy theories, YouTube misinformation videos, and social media sleuths who spread speculation, and bullshit theories.  

The funny thing about the Hip-Hop Police is that they have done absolutely nothing as it relates to crime, or murder, they have just existed for sexy storylines. 

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