African-American and Drug Gangs and Featured and West CoastJanuary 25, 2021 The Life & Times Of Harry O In The Music Business: L.A. Coke Baron Helped Launch Multiple Hip Hop Careers January 25, 2021 – It was way more than just Death Row Records. From behind bars, L.A. drug kingpin Michael (Harry O) Harris, was wheeling and dealing in the music industry, making deals for himself, his label and his wife with major record companies through most of the 1990s, according to DEA records. The scopeCONTINUE READING
African-American and Drug Gangs and Featured and Movies and South and West CoastJanuary 23, 2021 Harry O Invested In Rap-A-Lot Records, Per Sources, Will Settle In Texas On Heels Of Presidential Pardon January 23, 2021 – Before he funded the birth of Death Row Records, former L.A. drug lord Michael (Harry O) Harris provided the seed money for Houston hip-hop impresario James (Lil’ J) Prince to start the groundbreaking Rap-A-Lot Records that went on to launch the Southern Rap sound, per DEA informants and exclusive GR sources.CONTINUE READING
African-American and Drug Gangs and East Coast and Featured and Mob Hits and MoviesJanuary 22, 2021 Loosening The Wiring: Slaying Of Scorned Girlfriend Led To Downfall Of Little Melvin’s Heroin Kingdom In Baltimore The murder of a revenge-minded girlfriend was the beginning of the end for the legendary “Little Melvin” Williams drug empire in West Baltimore and was used as a storyline in the first season of the HBO television show The Wire, based on a fictionalization of the Williams organization. On the night of July 21, 1983,CONTINUE READING
African-American and Drug Gangs and Featured and Movies and West CoastJanuary 21, 2021 Trump Pardons “Harry O,” Storied L.A. Drug Lord, Death Row Records Backer, Comes Home To Be Prison Rights Activist January 21, 2021 — No more false starts. On Wednesday, as U.S. President Donald Trump left office, he freed infamous West Coast crime boss Michael (Harry O) Harris in a last-minute pardon spree. A prior sentence reduction got derailed at the eleventh hour. “Harry O” ran a giant cocaine ring in Los Angeles in theCONTINUE READING
