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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.

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  • September 29, 2013
Rivalries had existed between the loosely organized hustlers of Hollis and South Jamaica, but the balance of power had never tipped in any one directi ...
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  • August 18, 2013
Darryl “God” Whiting was born in Corona Queens, New York and was raised in a single family household of four sisters and two brothers by his belov ...
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  • July 21, 2013
To many in his hometown of Washington, D.C., during his 1980s reign as the city’s biggest cocaine and crack dealer, Rayful Edmond was public enemy n ...
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  • July 7, 2013
We have covered a lot of the East Coast street legends who are a part of hip-hop's lyrical lore due to numerous rappers name checking them in their rh ...
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  • June 23, 2013
Washington, DC will forever be known as The Murder Capital of the United States because of the drug violence that jumped off during the crack era [… ...
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  • June 23, 2013
A new book on the legendary black Godfather Frank Matthews, written by crime expert and author Ron Chepesiuk, has been released on Strategic Media Boo ...
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  • June 15, 2013
They called Rayful Edmond the 300 million dollar man. He was the king of cocaine in our nation’s capital in the mid to late 80s and he ushered in th ...
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  • May 13, 2013
“Preme was a better boss than most because he did not have to be bossy,” the Queens insider says. “Dudes for some reason wanted Preme to boss th ...
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  • January 13, 2013
Washington, D.C. will forever be known as The Murder Capital of the United States because of the drug violence that jumped off during the crack era. T ...
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  • November 25, 2012
Christopher “Dudus” Coke controlled a state within a state on the poor west side of Kingston, Jamaica. He was the man who provided his underlings ...
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  • September 9, 2012
When people think of East coast gangsters, they think of New York City, but at gorillaconvict.com we are here to tell you that it’s popping off in t ...
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  • July 8, 2012
Michael "Fray" Salters (above center-in hat) has been dead thirty years but his name still carries weight up and down the drug corridors on the East C ...