BMF: The Rise and Fall of Big Meech and the Black Mafia Family
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| Rating | : | 4.67 (872 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0312674155 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-02-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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Mara Shalhoup is editor of the Chicago Reader. Shalhoup lives with her husband in Chicago.. She started her career as a crime writer for the Macon Telegraph and spent a decade as an investigative journalist (and, later, editor-in-chief) at Creative Loafing, Atlanta's alternative newsweekly. Atlanta magazine named BMF the best general nonfiction book of 2010. Her writing has earned accolades including a Clarion Award, two Livingston
Excellent book Barbara Morgan In the early 1990s, Demetrius "Big Meech" Flenory and his brother, Terry "Southwest T," rose up from the slums of Detroit to build one of the largest cocaine empires in American history: the Black Mafia Family. After a decade in the drug game, the Flenorys had it all--a fleet of Maybachs, Bentleys and Ferraris. Big Meech: Are you kidding? This was an excellent read. The work by the various law enforcement agencies was thorough and complete. It's amazing to me how these guys think that their over-the-top ostentaciousness, the expensive jewelry, large houses, excess partying, and top of the line cars etc., all purchased with unverifiable incomes . but in my opinion the writing was not that great. The author switched topics and jumped from character The plot was fascinating but in my opinion the writing was not that great. The author switched topics and jumped from character to character so quickly throughout the book I had a hard time knowing who was who. She did not do a great job of dovetailing everything. I often found myself going back to previous ch
They operated for a period apparently with immunity in Atlanta but were eventually caught through the persistence of a couple of local police and two nationwide federal drug-enforcement networks. Demetrius “Big Meech” was the flamboyant personality behind the Atlanta operation, and Terry was the low-profile and conservative operator of the L.A. From Booklist The Black Mafia Family, ostensibly a hip-hop record label, was actually an urban midlevel drug-distribution network. Originally based in Detroit, the operation expanded through the genius of the Flenory brothers. The rapper known as “Baby Blue” fell as part of the BMF crew, and rapper Young Jeezy escaped b
In the early 1990s, Demetrius "Big Meech" Flenory and his brother, Terry "Southwest T," rose up from the slums of Detroit to build one of the largest cocaine empires in American history: the Black Mafia Family. At the same time, utilizing a high-stakes wiretap operation, the feds inched toward their goal of destroying the Flenory's empire and ending the reign of a crew suspected in the sale of thousands of kilos of cocaine and a half-dozen unsolved murders.. Yet even as BMF was attracting celebrity attention, its crew members struck fear in a city.When the brothers began clashing in 2003, the flashy and beloved Big Meech risked it all on a shot at legitimacy in the music industry. They socialized with music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs, did business with New York's king of bling Jacob "The Jeweler" Arabo, and built allegiances with rap superstars Young Jeezy and Fabolous