Motown Sound, Philly Soul Sound Were Helped Off Ground By Mob Figures, Federal Files Contend
Groundbreaking popular-music labels, Motown Records and Philly Groove Records, both got a boost in their business dealings due to their...
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Philadelphia Black Mafia Murder Timeline: ‘Get Down or Lay Down’ Boys’ Sheer Brutality On Display
The Philadelphia Black Mafia terrorized the east coast for more than a decade, from the late 1960s all the way...
The Real Avon Barksdale Is No More: Baltimore Street Legend ‘Little Melvin’ Dead At 73, Having Turned Life Around
Former Baltimore drug kingpin “Little Melvin” Williams, whose story of being on top of the city’s Westside heroin trade in...
O.J. Simpson Was A Bookie In His Free Time During Retirement From Pro Football, Says Fed Snitches
NFL Hall of Famer O.J. Simpson used to book illegal sports bets for his football buddies in the 1980s and...
Detroit’s Felix The Cat Mounts Campaign For Clemency, Former Motown Drug Don Seeks Mercy From Obama
Encouraged and inspired by the Obama White House’s push towards prison sentencing reform for non-violent offenders, former debonair Detroit drug...
