November 13, 2020 — The music world lost two more rappers this week to street violence, as Chicago’s King Von and Texas’ Mo3 were both gunned down in separate incidents five days apart. Sadly, the hip-hop industry in general has been plagued with violent and untimely deaths of rising and established young stars of the
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November 4, 2020 – This month marks the 25th anniversary of the classic Martin Scorsese gangster flick Casino, telling the story of the Chicago mafia’s days ruling over the Las Vegas hotel and gaming industry. Casino was released on November 22, 1995 and although not as well received as Scorsese’s mob movie opus Goodfellas, still
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October 7, 2020 – No luck for the Indian. U.S. District Court Judge James Zagel denied Chicago mobster Paulie (The Indian) Schiro his request for an early release from his federal racketeering sentence under the First Step Act this week. Schiro, 83, has battled lung cancer and only has one lung. According to his motion
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October 6, 2020 – Long linked to The Outfit’s Cicero crew, Chicago mob associate Greg Paloian was busted for bookmaking this week in an operation the feds claim has been up and running for the past half-decade and centers in Elmwood Park and Melrose Park. The 66-year old Paloian is tied to reputed current Outfit
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