The Bay Area’s King Ant Got ‘Squeezed’, Took A Stand After ’89 BBQ Brawl & Second Oakland Drug War Ensued
A fist fight at a spring 1989 picnic and BBQ in Oakland, California spouted into a full-blown, two-and-a-half year street...
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Bloody August By The Bay: Oakland (CA.) Drug Kingpin Felix Mitchell’s 69 Mob Declared War On ‘The Family’ In 1980 Summer Of Death
Six gangland murders in the Bay Area 37 years ago this summer set-off the first part of the notorious Oakland, California...
The Rap World Murder Timeline: Breaking Down Hip Hop’s Top Hits Off The Charts
Being a rapper has proven a hazardous profession in some cases the past three decades. Dozens of violent slayings can...
Real-To-Reel: The Mack Was Modeled After West Coast Black Godfather Frank Ward, Who Didn’t Survive To See Iconic Film Hit Screen
The classic Blaxploitation flick, The Mack, was loosely based on the life of the original Black Godfather of Oakland, California,...
Operation Family Secrets: Chicago Mob Under Siege By Feds, Infighting In 2000s, Epic Trial Celebrates 10-Yr. Anniversary
The historic Family Secrets trial began 10 years ago this week in Chicago, finally bringing to justice Midwest mobsters responsible...
