Hip Hop music mogul James (Jimmy Rosemond) Henchman — long suspected of being involved in the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur — was sentenced Friday to life in prison plus five years for overseeing a massive drug trafficking empire that supplied Brooklyn and Queens with cocaine.
"You're the kingpin," Federal Judge John Gleeson said. "Not all kingpins necessarily deserve a life sentence but you certainly do."
Rosemond supervised a crew who shipped thousands of kilograms of coke from California to New York City hidden inside music equipment cases.
But Rosemond also maintained a wildly successful business managing the careers of rapper The Game and actor Michael K. Williams of "The Wire" and "Boardwalk Empire" fame, and had business dealings with Rev. Al Sharpton, Sean (Diddy) Combs and Wyclef Jean
But all that is gone now as Rosemond, who once owned penthouses in Brooklyn and Los Angeles, forfeited $10 million to the government as the illicit proceeds of his drug dealing.
Brooklyn U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch called him a "thug in a suit."
"Today's life sentence is a fitting end to the 'Henchman's' two-faced machinations," Lynch said.
The judge rejected Rosemond's bizarre bid for a new trial based, in part, on the claim that a juror interviewed after he was convicted claimed to have read on the Internet about Rosemond's alleged involvement in the Shakur murder.
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