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Nate "Boone" Craft was a Detroit hitman, best known for his involvement with Richard "White Boy Rick" Wershe, jr.
Kennth "Supreme" McGriff and the Supreme Team influenced the pop culture more than any other black crime group from the 1980's.
The Supreme Team of Queens is one of the most iconic American crime groups of recent times.
Billy Joe Chambers was one of the inspirations for the character "Nino Brown" in #NewJackCity
2023 will make 50 years that Frank Matthews has been wanted by the Federal government after disappearing.
William Cahalan was the NY Federal Prosecutor tasked with going after the biggest dope dealer in the country circas 1970- Frank "Peewee" Matthews
What has come out new in the Frank Matthews case since the "Frank Matthews Documentary" came out 8 years ago?
Philly, home of the Philly Black Mafia, was a stronghold for New York Heroin lord Frank Matthews
Baltimore black gangster Clinton Shorty Buise played himself on "The Wire" and he was one of the last street people to see the legendary Frank Matthews before he disappeared
The Supreme Team of South Jamica Queens are as much myth as reality. This Supreme Team documentary explores the ways that Kenneth McGriff, Gerald Prince Miller, Lorenzo Fat Cat Nichols and others were used by prosecutors, 50 Cent, and the New York Times to get the particular result they desired... if some usefel fictions were needed, so be it.
A 7 year old girl is killed by the Detroit police. Who is to blame? The chief of police? Her father? A & E ?
An overview of Chicago cocaine king Nate Hill, mostly taken from his autobiography, published from prison: "Changes: the Nate Hill Story"
The Outlaw faction of the 4 Corner Hustlers gang on the west side of Chicago or an trial for RICO violations and their alleged leader Labar "Bro Man" Spann is facing the death penalty
Cavario talks about the fallout when Big Meech and BMF went down. How did the Mexican cartel replace these mega-customers?
When Washington D.C. discjockey NightHawk Terry and other black gangsters decided to short the Mafia in the Music business, bodies started dropping.
The Flores Twins cut a sweet deal to testify against the former boss Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman. But they may be headed back to prison, just as they are getting out.
If you think racial tension is high today... you don't know your American History. Listen and Learn young grasshoppers.
Grosse Pointe, Michigan is one of THE "Old Money" cities in America; wealthier than Beverly HIlls, and lily white. In the early 2000's two boys from Grosse Pointe became the top "men" selling Extacy in Michigan. A brief and strange story.
Cavario grew up in Harlem in the late 70's and early 80's. His own mother was a Heroin kingpin in the orbit of Nicky Barnes and his father was gunned down in Philadelphia while making a large purchase of liquid PCP. Cavario went on to become a major dealer in his own right, but retired at 35 to start Don Diva magazine.
After the Bay of Pigs, the CIA protection of Cuban "freedom fighters" led to the first major cocaine rings in the 1960's- run by Cubans in Miami and New York City
Jeff Fort was co-founder of the Blackstone Rangers in Chicago, which later became the Black P Stones and then the El Rukn.
Tony Jack was the Detroit street boss and likely represented the Detroit family in the operation. He was Hoffa's long time "friend" and probably helped lure the reticent labor boss out of hiding and to the meeting at the Machus Red Fox in suburban Detroit from which he disappeared.
Sally Bugs was Tony Pro's right hand man and probable trigger puller in the Hoffa hit. He himself was gunned down in Little Italy a few years after Hoffa disappeared, possibly by the infamous mob hit man or hit crew known as the .22 caliber killer.
Roland McMaster was the Teamsters chief goon in Detroit. His farm was dug up in the 2000's looking for Hoffa's body.
Tony Pro is suspected of overseeing the Hoffa hit. A member of the Genovese family stationed in a New Jersey Teamster Local
American Dope explores american history through the lens of crime.
The White Boy Rick Movie took an important story and sanitized it for Hollywood. This is the real story of Richard Wershe, Jr, Coleman Young, the Curry Boys, Gil Hill, Boone Craft, and Detroit in the mid 1980's.
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NianZMPtan8
More Info: https://americandope.com
American Dope explores american history through the lens of crime.
Black Butch was a member of Eddie Jackson and Courtney Brown's underground empire in Detroit during the 1970's. Watch him in "Motown Mafia" on Amazon.com
Full "Motown Mafia" Film: https://www.amazon.com/Motown-Mafia-Courtney-Brown-jr/dp/B00STYKVTE
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsH8ae7rikw
More Info: https://americandope.com
American Dope explores american history through the lens of crime.
Dr. Carl Taylor discusses the change in Detroit's criminal underworld from pimping to drug dealing as the pinnacle of criminal activity. Bonus interview from Motown Mafia.
Full "Motown Mafia" Film: https://www.amazon.com/Motown-Mafia-Courtney-Brown-jr/dp/B00STYKVTE
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgyxfr9g7y8
More Info: https://americandope.com
American Dope explores american history through the lens of crime.
Eddie Jackson Jr's father was probably the biggest drug dealer in Detroit history... and one of the biggest dealers of his era.. on a par with men like Frank Lucas and Nicky Barnes of New York. Here his son talks about his father... you can see more in "White Powder, Black Power" on Amazon or "Motown Mafia"
Full Film: https://www.amazon.com/Motown-Mafia-Courtney-Brown-jr/dp/B00STYKVTE
YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKMO_cchmkk
More Info: https://americandope.com
American Dope explores american history through the lens of crime.
Motown Mafia is the story of Detroit's biggest drug ring -Eddie Jackson and Courtney Brown dominated the Murder City's heroin trade from 1970 to 1977, setting the stage for the Young Boys Incorporated and other infamous drug crews of the 1980's. Directed by Al Profit & produced by Courtney Brown, Jr. and Lew Stevents
Full Film: https://www.amazon.com/Motown-Mafia-Courtney-Brown-jr/dp/B00STYRHDM
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC_AlOuRyBw
More Info: https://americandope.com
American Dope explores american history through the lens of crime.
Once upon a time "Huckabuck" ran with all the major players in the streets of Detroit. "Murder and kidnapping that was everyday for me"
Full Film: https://www.amazon.com/Motown-Mafia-Courtney-Brown-jr/dp/B00STYRHDM
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrhedL4L2wE
More Info: https://americandope.com
American Dope explores american history through the lens of crime.
Cornell was a part of Detroit's 1st family of crime. This is the uncut interview from "Motown Mafia" available on Amazon Prime video for free without commercials.
Full Film: https://www.amazon.com/Motown-Mafia-Courtney-Brown-jr/dp/B00STYKVTE
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pClTA5NfOk&t=1s
More Info: https://americandope.com
American Dope explores american history through the lens of crime.
This is the extended interview of Courtney Brown, Jr. from American Dope: "White Powder, Black Power"
More Info: http://americandope.com