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Seth Ferranti on the Brothers on Whatever Show

August 13, 2015 by Seth Ferranti

            Seth Ferranti and Joe Wills, artist for the Supreme Team comic, appeared on the Brothers on Whatever radio show on CBS 920 in Saint Louis. It was an in studio appearance and Seth talked about his case, prison life, gangsters, his books and the new comic book that he is getting ready to put ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Publications Tagged With: Brothers on Whatever, Fat Cat and Pappy Mason, Gangsters, Joe Wills, LSD case, Prison life, Seth Ferranti, Snitches, Supreme Team

Seth Ferranti on the Comic DNA Podcast

August 13, 2015 by Seth Ferranti

Seth Ferranti on the Comic DNA Podcast- Check out this podcast Seth and Anthony Mathenia did talking about Criminal, the true crime graphic novel by Brubaker and Phillips and how it relates to what they are doing with their  Supreme Team comic series. Click on the link that follows to listen- Episode 33 - Criminal Aaron is joined by two very ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Publications Tagged With: Comic DNA, comics, Criminal, Seth Ferranti, Supreme Team

Meet the Artist of the Supreme Team- Joe Wills

August 8, 2015 by Seth Ferranti

Joe Wills is a comic book artist and illustrator from St. Louis that has done work on a lot of local publications, specifically those affiliated with the Ink and Drink crew. He is also a part of the Illustrata collective and he regularly attends local comic cons. Taking drawing commissions, networking and meeting people in the comics industry. In ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Publications Tagged With: artist, comics, Joe Wills, Seth Ferranti, Stache Publishing, Supreme Team

Seth Ferranti Talks Supreme Team Comic on Nerds United

August 5, 2015 by Seth Ferranti

Nerds United Episode 50: A Supreme Episode With Greg Mehochko You hear “Supreme” in reference to comics books. And if you’re like me…you think of “The Supreme Sorcerer,” Doctor Strange. But we’re going in a different direction. Meet Seth Ferranti, writer of The Supreme Team. He has been working with Stache Publishing’s Anthony ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Publications Tagged With: Anthony Mathenia, Greg Mehocko, Kickstarter, Nerds United, Stache Publishing, Supreme Team

Supreme Team Comic

August 2, 2015 by Seth Ferranti

Video for Supreme Team Comic- https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/702020282/supreme-team-a-comic-about-crime-crack-and-hip-hop?ref=discovery The Supreme Team has gone down in hip-hop's lyrical lore as one of the most vicious and emulated drug crews from the crack era. Seth Ferranti covered their story for Don Diva Magazine and in the book ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Featured Story Tagged With: American Gangsters, comic book, Crack Era, hip-hop hustlers, Prince, Queens, Supreme, Supreme Team

Supreme Team Redux

January 12, 2014 by Seth Ferranti Leave a Comment

The Southside of Jamaican Queens- a legendary neighborhood in the great metropolis of New York. If it’s going down in the Big Apple, you know they're doing it with the style, swag and the utmost of their ability. That is just how they carry it in the town. Dudes in the city are doing it first class, all the way and everyday. Every time I do a book ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Featured Story, Street Legends Tagged With: Five Percenters, Irv Gotti, Supreme Team

Fat Cat Returns

September 29, 2013 by Seth Ferranti 1 Comment

Rivalries had existed between the loosely organized hustlers of Hollis and South Jamaica, but the balance of power had never tipped in any one direction until 1981 when ex-con and former Seven Crowns’ member Fat Cat set up shop on 150th Street near 107th Avenue. The block was ideal for drug dealing as it forked off from Sutphin Boulevard, making it ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Featured Story, Street Legends Tagged With: Crack Era, Fat Cat, South Jamaica, Supreme Team

The Hip-Hop Mafia

November 18, 2012 by Seth Ferranti Leave a Comment

“Back then the game was the game. Everybody stood by the rules. Soldiers were soldiers,” Bing says. This was the era from which Preme and the team emerged. It was a time when men were men, and the consequences of snitching were clear. In Queens snitching was forbidden. It was embedded in the youngster’s DNA. Omerta played a powerful role in shaping ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Featured Story, Mafia Tagged With: Hip-Hop, Queens, Supreme Team

Drugs, Guns, Hustle and Flow

August 19, 2012 by Seth Ferranti Leave a Comment

Legendary figures of the drug game have been the province of myth and hearsay until the rise of hip-hop, where rappers name check weaponry by style and drug dealers by name. Cocaine or gangsta rap is crack era nostalgia taken to its extreme. A world where rappers relive in their videos the lives of their favorite street legend, celebrating their ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Featured Story, Hustling & Hip-Hop Tagged With: Gangsta Rap, New York, Supreme Team


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