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Aaron Jones Category: articlePosted: 2008-10-02 10:20 It was said that Aaron Jones was obsessed with the popular film The Godfather and crafted his persona in the mold of Marion Brando’s character D…

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Peter "Pistol Pete" Rollock Category: article Pistol Pete and the Blood affiliated Sex, Money and Murder gang were the scourge of the Soundview section of the Bronx back in the day. In his teens and…

Peter "Pistol Pete" Rollock

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Pistol Pete and the Blood affiliated Sex, Money and Murder gang were the scourge of the Soundview section of the Bronx back in the day. In his teens and into his early twenties…

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George "Boy George" Rivera Category: article Boy George was a multi-millionaire by the age of 21. A brilliant and powerfully ambitious drug entrepreneur who saw an opportunity and seized it. It’s al…

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Staff Assault Category: articlePosted: 2009-01-02 12:39 It was a day like any other day. I woke up and rolled out of my too-thin metal bunk bed and took a shower. I mentally went over my plans for t…

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Inside a Blood Set Category: article Terrell C. WrightIn California gangs are a way of life and LA is gangbanger ground zero. The Crips, Surenos, Nortenos, Eighty-Eights and Bloods all hold court in…

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Trials of a Hustler Category: articlePosted: 2009-02-15 10:56, Edited: 2009-02-15 11:02 In prison, there are many obstacles to a prisoner’s freedom. The razorwire topped perimeter fences, the walls …

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Crack Riots Category: article In the fall of 1995 they had the infamous crack riots in the Burea of Prisons. These riots took place in federal prisons all across the United States almost simultaneou…

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In the fall of 1995 they had the infamous crack riots in the Burea of Prisons. These riots took place in federal prisons all across the United States almost simultaneously. It represented a couple…

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The Anatomy of a Snitch Category: article What constitutes a snitch? How far can one take it? When is telling not telling? In today’s world the lines aren't so clear cut and dried. Moral questions c…

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Holding down the Neighborhood Category: article Lamont "Fridge" NeedumIn the chronicles of gangsta lore the big city drug barons get all the love. The New York City drug crews, Detroit kingpins, Was…

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Rick Ross Category: articlePosted: 2009-07-04 12:14 Freeway Ricky is a big name in the drug world. The dude is straight gangsta. He's been profiled on BET's American Gangster series, was the subject…

Rick Ross

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Posted: 2009-07-04 12:14

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Freeway Ricky is a big name in the drug world. The dude is straight gangsta. He's been profiled on BET's American Gangster series, was the subject of numerous street…

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La Banda Category: article From the treacherous hood in Panama called Santa Cruz to the streets of Red Hook, Brooklyn the name of Julio "Jack" Guerrero rings loudly. The legend of the man his friend…

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. Mike Harper, author of Street RaisedMike "Chico" HarperNew writer Mike Harper arrives on the scene with a well scripted tale of one boy’s plight to gain mastery over privation. Though a work of fic…

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Mike Harper, author of Street Raised

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Mike "Chico" Harper

New writer Mike Harper arrives on the scene with a well scripted tale of one boy’s plight to gain mastery over privation. Though a work of fiction, he writes of this common occurrence in our inner cities with uninhibited exposure to graphic truths. The story begins in Miami, claiming it to be “the city of growing hustlers.” As a result of limited options and no proper… Continue

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Arthur "Plex" Pless

Posted: 2009-09-05 11:24, Edited: 2009-09-06 10:55

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“Ain’t nobody pen’in like us man,” is Badland Publishing’s motto and they’re right. Most urban authors claim straight out the hood but Badland’s authors are straight out the penitentiary. They didn’t research the dope game on the Internet, they lived it. They are…

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The Mexican Mafia

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Posted: 2009-09-25 20:57, Edited: 2009-09-25 22:25

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La Eme is one of the big four California prison gangs. They originated in the California prison system in the 1960s and have grown since then…

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Frank Matthews

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In the 1970s the heroin market in the United States was dominated by a black distributor named Frank Matthews who operated out of New York. He was the most notable black figure on the east coast at the…

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Maurice "Peanut" King

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In the late 1970s and early 1980s, if you were in the drug game in Baltimore, then you answered to one man, Peanut King. He was the man in more ways than one- trendsetter, drug dealer, high roller, ladies’ man- these were only a few of the titles Peanut King carried.…

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Whatever It Takes is available WORLD WIDE !!! LD Gets Airplay In BAY AREA, CALI!!!

Whatever It Takes is available WORLD WIDE !!! You can listen to the songs first! Buy the whole LP or just your favorites...

Project X drops in six weeks world wide!!!

Bigg Ups 2 KFJC 89.7!!! Bay Area CA.

For Booking call D. Washington, 1(513) 221-9609

This is who got me the airplay..

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RIP...RONALD LAMONT BARRON, GANG INTERVENTIONALIST KILLED

After years in the L.A. street gang world, Ronald Lamonte Barron devoted his life to preventing young people from following in his footsteps.

Barron, a former member of the Mansfield Crips gang that claims territory around Pico Boulevard and La Brea Avenue, was one of a few gang outreach workers who was trusted enough by Los Angeles authorities to counsel young offenders in the jails.

Barron was leaving a bar in his old neighborhood Sunday night with his… Continue

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10-20, Produced by Terrisha Kearse, Terrisha will be a guest on our Radio Show March 3rd, 2010

Winner of HBO’s Best Feature Film at the 2009 Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival, “10-20″ (pronounced ten to twenty) is an extraordinary film from new comer, Terrisha Kearse. Emotional and powerful, the film derives its name from a law in Florida that gives first time offenders of…

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