In the film "America Gangster," authorities started focusing on Frank Lucas when he appeared at an Ali-Frazier boxing match and had better seats than the Vice President (Spiro Agnew). The film didn't mention that his seats were also better than Diana Ross, Frank Sinatra, Barbara Streisand and Dustin Hoffman. Diana was a regular at Ali's fights. During that time, she was close with Ali and was often seen with him after big fights. They shared a special friendship. After one fight, she was allegedly seen massaging his hands.
Billionaire supermarket magnant, Ron Burkle (above) invested $100 million in the Sean John clothing line. Burkle generates the majority of the profits from Sean John. Diddy generates far less earnings than Burkle and Diddy is paid an annual fee since his name is attached to the line. Burkle is also part owner of The Pittsburgh Penguins hockey team and his private jet is named, "Ron Air." Former U.S. President Bill Clinton is Burkle's best friend.
According to ‘black’ author Millie L. McGhee (Secrets Uncovered) J. Edgar Hoover’s father, Ivy Hoover, was the bi-racial son of a white slave owner and a black slave woman. Hoover knew he had black blood and did everything in his power to suppress it. McGhee says, he even had his records tampered with to make his lineage white.
Keith Sweat is extremely smart. He was a commodities broker before he became a singer (there’s no such thing as a broke stockbroker) and he puts his financial savvy to good use. Not only does he own publishing, he owned a successful nightclub in suburban Atlanta and has recently opened “Hotel S,” in Midtown Atlanta, a high-end luxury hotel-which caters to business travelers. He has also recorded and produced a song for Keyshia Cole, which will appear on her upcoming album, “Tears From a Soldier's Heart.”
Recently, drug lord, Kenneth “Supreme” McGriff (pictured above) was found guilty of killing two people in 2001. A jury will decide if McGriff will face the death penalty for the crime.
Rewind: Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff (born 1961) is a former drug dealer and leader of The Supreme Team. At its 1987 peak, the Supreme Team's receipts exceeded $200,000 a day, and the gang regularly committed acts of violence and murder to maintain its stronghold on the area's drug trade. After McGriff went to jail in 1987, leadership of the Supreme Team was assumed by Gerald “Prince” Miller. Miller solidified his control by increasing the security force and employing it against rivals and against Team members suspected of disloyalty. During 1987 alone, Miller and the then-incarcerated McGriff ordered at least eight homicides.
Some claim that the fictional characters Nino Brown, portrayed in the 1991 film "New Jack City," and Majestic in "Get Rich or Die Tryin," are based on him. McGriff served ten years for a 1989 drug conviction, and when released, he helped finance the rap label The Inc. Records, formerly known as Murder Inc. Records, with neighborhood associate Irv Gotti. McGriff has been arrested two more times since for parole violations for possessing firearms. He was part of the major indictment on Murder Inc. in 2003. McGriff is currently awaiting trial with several other men for a litany of federal crimes including murder, drug dealing, and money laundering.
One of the most feared gangsters of his era, McGriff is alleged to have a hand in the the shooting of 50 Cent. He allegedly felt that 50 Cent had exposed a little too much in his 2000 mixtape song "Ghetto Qu'ran.”
McGriff was known for his utter brutality. He would order military style raids on rival drug dealers, with gang members storming a home in vans and automatic weapons on execution missions.
The downfall of the Supreme Team occurred with the murder of an undercover cop, Edward Byrne, in retaliation for police activity against Lorenzo Nichols. The law enforcement attention was so great that George H.W. Bush carried Byrne's badge on the campaign trail in 1988.
(LAST DAY OF TUPAC'S LIFE)
Frank Alexander reveals in the book, "I Got Your Back," on the last day of Tupac's life. He spent the day gambling. He was skinny as hell, he'd been working for a straight year with little let-up and it was taking a toll on him physically. He was sporting one of the new (at the time) silky button-down shirts he'd gotten from one of the fashion designers when he was in Italy. He was also boasting a new chunk of gold, a $30,000 diamond-studded medallion.
I could tell he was relaxed, he was always in good spirits on fight nights cause Mike Tyson was his boy. The Luxor, however, wasn't treating him right-he was playing at a $25 table and he was losing bad. Pac was a big bettor and this table wasn't paying off so we decided to move things over to MGM. It was about 2-3 p.m. and we had plenty of time to gamble before meeting up with Suge later that evening.
When we walked into the MGM, you could tell it was fight night. All the rich people were in town, sports heroes, celebrities and high rollers. You could almost feel the money changing hands. We strolled over the bridge separating the two casinos and when we got to the MGM Grand, Pac's luck started to change. He began winning big. He was covering all odds and was coming away with $1,400 to $2,000 a roll. Winners always attract a crowd but as soon as people started recognizing Tupac, the crowd got more serious and Tupac loved the attention. Everything was cool for awhile but since it was Pac, people were trying to angle their way in. Dozens of women were hitting him up for an autograph or a photograph. It started getting more difficult to keep people out. I needed a phone to check in with Suge in case he was looking for Pac. The messed up thing was, I didn't have my security radio cell phone.
I couldn't believe I'm rolling with Death Row's million-dollar boy, one of the biggest rap stars in the world and I got to use a pay phone. After I used the phone, I turned around, and Pac wasn't there. I panicked.
I circled the casino a couple of times before making the decision to go back to the Luxor. I began paging Pac repeatedly, no answer. Had he been kidnapped? And then I heard his voice behind me, "Big Frank!" A wave of relief passed over me.
Tupac Shakur, one of the most wanted men in America, had spent the last hour walking around Vegas alone.
