Willie Falcon and the Cocaine Cowboys of Hotel Scarface
Cuban-born Willie Falcon was a cocaine kingpin in the 1980s who made billions from his base in Miami after dropping out of high school. At the peak of the Miami Vice-era, he became the go-to …
Category: Street Legends
Success in the drug game always comes with a price. If you think hustling is a glamorous professions, check out the fate of these legendary American gangsters before you try to become the next Scarface.
Is Alberto “Alpo” Martinez Out of Prison?
The name Alberto “Alpo” Martinez tends to elicit strong reactions. He‘s been celebrated as a street legend of epic proportions—an iconic figure out of hip-hop mythology who was played by the rapper Cam’ron in the …
The Continuing Saga of White Boy Rick
Those in the Free Richard Wershe Jr. aka White Boy Rick camp thought their prayers had been answered when a judge ordered that the infamous Detroit street icon be resentenced on September 18, 2015 after spending …
Chicago’s Larry Hoover
Larry Hoover was born on November 30, 1950, in Jackson, Mississippi, but grew up in Chicago. When he was 12, Hoover became the leader of the Chicago gang the Supreme Gangsters, which merged with a …
Big Meech Asks For Pardon
Big Meech asks for pardon- Demetrius Flenory aka “Big Meech,” the head of the mulit-million dollar drug cartel, Black Mafia Family, penned a jailhouse letter to Russell Simmons, in which he pleads with the music mogul …
Wayne Perry Speaks From Prison
In this candid interview orchestrated and brought to the world by Transitions writer/director/producer Hanibal Chancellor aka Big Hanman, Wayne Perry speaks from the penitentiary for the first …
Chicago Vice Lord Nation gang boss dead at 64
Chicago Vice Lord Nation gang boss dead at 64 By David Amoruso – http://gangstersinc.ning.com Willie Lloyd, a former leader of the Vice Lord Nation gang in Chicago, died Monday, at …
LA’s Original Gangster- Tootie Reese
LA’s Original Gangster- Tootie Reese Back before the crack era put names like Freeway Ricky Ross, Monster Cody Scott and Waterhead Bo Bennett in the annals of gangster lore, and long before the Crips and …
The Gangster Alpo
The Gangster Alpo “On the back of the bike with Alpo/doin’ a back down one0two-three/hopin’ to stay alive/favorite spot, Rooftop”- LL Cool J Alberto “Alpo” Martinez was from East Rivers projects in Spanish Harlem, better …
White Boy Rick
Once dubbed the Murder Capital of the world, Detroit has long been a Mafia hotbed and urban gangster Mecca. The underworld of the Motor City has long been involved in the drug game with a …