Aretha Franklin & The Black Mob: The Queen Of Soul Almost Recorded With Detroit Numbers King
The Queen of Soul, the venerable Aretha Franklin, almost signed a talent contract with deceased Detroit Black mob boss Edward (Fast...
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Where There’s Smoke There’s Fire: Detroit Rap Figure ‘Smokecamp Chino’ & Crew Corralled By Feds In Drug Case
Another Detroit rapper is in trouble with the law. Earlier this month, Jerray (Smokecamp Chino) Key and more than a...
Vincent Smothers’ Murder March Of The Mid-2000s: Detroit Gun-For-Hire Shot His Way Into Motown Gangland Infamy
Detroit hit man Vincent (Vito) Smothers ended his murder spree ten years ago, bringing the curtain down on a short,...
Eastside Baltimore Dope Crew Down For The Count, ATF Nabs 13 ‘TTGrs’ For Drugs & Guns
The ATF brought down more than a dozen members of the eastside Baltimore drug crew known as the Trained To...
Detroit’s East-West Drug Connection: Wanted Johnson Brothers Worked With Best Friends & YBI To Get To Mountain Top
East met west in Motown’s New Millennium narcotics scene. Throw in a little "YBI" and they built themselves a powerhouse....
