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American Dope explores american history through the lense of crime.

American Dope


    • Apr 11, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
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    19: Big Meech BMF and Club Chaos

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2021 27:18


    The Fall of BMF began when Big Meech killed a rival outside Club Chaos in Atlanta.

    19: Nate Boone Craft

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2021 27:31


    Nate "Boone" Craft was a Detroit hitman, best known for his involvement with Richard "White Boy Rick" Wershe, jr.

    18: King Kato Rangel

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2021 12:42


    Did an unpaid tab on 150 kilos cost King Kato of Chicago his life?

    17: Supreme Team: American Gangsters from Queens

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2021 18:30


    Kennth "Supreme" McGriff and the Supreme Team influenced the pop culture more than any other black crime group from the 1980's.

    17: Supreme Team: Myths and Media

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2021 17:19


    The Supreme Team of Queens is one of the most iconic American crime groups of recent times.

    17: The Real Nino Brown $40 million in cash

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2021 16:31


    Billy Joe Chambers was one of the inspirations for the character "Nino Brown" in #NewJackCity

    16: Frank Matthews wanted for 50 years

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2021 26:03


    2023 will make 50 years that Frank Matthews has been wanted by the Federal government after disappearing.

    16: Frank Matthews Prosecutor

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2021 19:27


    William Cahalan was the NY Federal Prosecutor tasked with going after the biggest dope dealer in the country circas 1970- Frank "Peewee" Matthews

    16: Frank Matthews Update

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2021 18:21


    What has come out new in the Frank Matthews case since the "Frank Matthews Documentary" came out 8 years ago?

    16: Frank Matthews in Philadelphia

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2021 5:45


    Philly, home of the Philly Black Mafia, was a stronghold for New York Heroin lord Frank Matthews

    16: Motown Mafia talks Frank Lucas American Gangsters

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2021 12:22


    Courtney Brown sr and jr discuss Frank Lucas and other black kingpins

    15: Frank Matthews Baltimore - Clinton Shorty Buise

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2021 8:26


    Baltimore black gangster Clinton Shorty Buise played himself on "The Wire" and he was one of the last street people to see the legendary Frank Matthews before he disappeared

    14: Supreme Team Myths and Legends of Queens

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2021 17:19


    The Supreme Team of South Jamica Queens are as much myth as reality. This Supreme Team documentary explores the ways that Kenneth McGriff, Gerald Prince Miller, Lorenzo Fat Cat Nichols and others were used by prosecutors, 50 Cent, and the New York Times to get the particular result they desired... if some usefel fictions were needed, so be it.

    13: BMF Miles | Detroit jail to Federal Prison

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2021 17:17


    Jabari Hayes started his prison journey in Detroit's infamous Wayne County jail.

    13: BMF Jabari & Big Meech

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2021 20:30


    Jabari Hayes drove cocaine for the Black Mafia Family

    13: Aiyana Jones & the Detroit Police

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2021 14:52


    A 7 year old girl is killed by the Detroit police. Who is to blame? The chief of police? Her father? A & E ?

    12: Nate Hill Chicago Kingpin

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2021 18:41


    An overview of Chicago cocaine king Nate Hill, mostly taken from his autobiography, published from prison: "Changes: the Nate Hill Story"

    12: LA Gangsters: Tootie Reese and Way Out Keno

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2021 8:05


    Big James tells tales of two of the men who employed him as street "security"

    11: 3 Foxes and 2 Kennys

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2021 17:16


    A short tale of some obscure Detroit underworld figures from the 1970's

    10: 4 Corner Hustlers & Labar Spann RICO trial

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2021 14:01


    The Outlaw faction of the 4 Corner Hustlers gang on the west side of Chicago or an trial for RICO violations and their alleged leader Labar "Bro Man" Spann is facing the death penalty

    9: Big Meech 2500 Keys a month

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2021 29:12


    Cavario talks about the fallout when Big Meech and BMF went down. How did the Mexican cartel replace these mega-customers?

    9: California prison: Aryan Brotherhood and Black Guerilla Family

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2021 31:24


    The BGF and the AB are two of California's most infamous prison gangs

    9: Mafia Music Washington D.C.

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2021 13:25


    When Washington D.C. discjockey NightHawk Terry and other black gangsters decided to short the Mafia in the Music business, bodies started dropping. 

    9: Flores Twins Update

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2021 10:27


    The Flores Twins cut a sweet deal to testify against the former boss Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman. But they may be headed back to prison, just as they are getting out.

    8: Race War 1970

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2021 18:33


    If you think racial tension is high today... you don't know your American History. Listen and Learn young grasshoppers.

    8: Generation XTC

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2021 12:45


    Grosse Pointe, Michigan is one of THE "Old Money" cities in America; wealthier than Beverly HIlls, and lily white. In the early 2000's two boys from Grosse Pointe became the top "men" selling Extacy in Michigan. A brief and strange story.

    7: From Heroin to Coke: Cavario H from Don Diva

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2021 14:31


    Cavario grew up in Harlem in the late 70's and early 80's. His own mother was a Heroin kingpin in the orbit of Nicky Barnes and his father was gunned down in Philadelphia while making a large purchase of liquid PCP. Cavario went on to become a major dealer in his own right, but retired at 35 to start Don Diva magazine.

    6: Cocaine Condor: The Cuban Connection

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2021 10:28


    After the Bay of Pigs, the CIA protection of Cuban "freedom fighters" led to the first major cocaine rings in the 1960's- run  by Cubans in Miami and New York City

    5: Jeff Fort Part 2: El Rukn and Nathson Fields

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2021 20:49


    After being released from prison in 1976, Jeff Fort turned his gang toward Islam

    4: Jeff Fort & the Black P Stones of Chicago - part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2021 23:08


    Jeff Fort was co-founder of the Blackstone Rangers in Chicago, which later became the Black P Stones and then the El Rukn. 

    2: The Irishman Suspects: Anthony "Tony Jack" Giacalone

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2021 10:22


    Tony Jack was the Detroit street boss and likely represented the Detroit family in the operation. He was Hoffa's long time "friend" and probably helped lure the reticent labor boss out of hiding and to the meeting at the Machus Red Fox in suburban Detroit from which he disappeared.

    2: The Irishman Suspects: Salvatore "Sally Bugs" Briguglio

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2021 5:02


    Sally Bugs was Tony Pro's right hand man and probable trigger puller in the Hoffa hit. He himself was gunned down in Little Italy a few years after Hoffa disappeared, possibly by the infamous mob hit man or hit crew known as the .22 caliber killer.

    2: The Irishman Suspects: Roland McMaster

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2021 10:15


    Roland McMaster was the Teamsters chief goon in Detroit. His farm was dug up in the 2000's looking for Hoffa's body.

    3: The Irishman Suspects: Frank Sheeran

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2021 10:16


    Frank Sheeran claims he killed Jimmy Hoffa in Detroit

    2: The Irishman Bobby Kennedy vs Jimmy Hoffa

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2021 10:30


    Bobby Kennedy was out to get Teamster Boss Jimmy Hoffa

    2: The Irishman Suspects: Anthony "Tony Pro" Provenzano

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2021 11:43


    Tony Pro is suspected of overseeing the Hoffa hit. A member of the Genovese family stationed in a New Jersey Teamster Local

    1: White Boy Rick True Documentary

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2018 29:38


    American Dope explores american history through the lens of crime. The White Boy Rick Movie took an important story and sanitized it for Hollywood. This is the real story of Richard Wershe, Jr, Coleman Young, the Curry Boys, Gil Hill, Boone Craft, and Detroit in the mid 1980's. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NianZMPtan8 More Info: https://americandope.com

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    7: Motown Mafia | Black Butch Interview

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2018 16:16


    American Dope explores american history through the lens of crime. Black Butch was a member of Eddie Jackson and Courtney Brown's underground empire in Detroit during the 1970's. Watch him in "Motown Mafia" on Amazon.com   Full "Motown Mafia" Film: https://www.amazon.com/Motown-Mafia-Courtney-Brown-jr/dp/B00STYKVTE YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsH8ae7rikw More Info: https://americandope.com

    6: Motown Mafia | From Pimps to Drug Dealers

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2018 7:05


    American Dope explores american history through the lens of crime. Dr. Carl Taylor discusses the change in Detroit's criminal underworld from pimping to drug dealing as the pinnacle of criminal activity. Bonus interview from Motown Mafia. Full "Motown Mafia" Film: https://www.amazon.com/Motown-Mafia-Courtney-Brown-jr/dp/B00STYKVTE YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgyxfr9g7y8 More Info: https://americandope.com

    5: Motown Mafia | Eddie Jackson

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2018 8:42


    American Dope explores american history through the lens of crime. Eddie Jackson Jr's father was probably the biggest drug dealer in Detroit history... and one of the biggest dealers of his era.. on a par with men like Frank Lucas and Nicky Barnes of New York. Here his son talks about his father... you can see more in "White Powder, Black Power" on Amazon or "Motown Mafia" Full Film: https://www.amazon.com/Motown-Mafia-Courtney-Brown-jr/dp/B00STYKVTE YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKMO_cchmkk More Info: https://americandope.com

    4: Motown Mafia | Full Documentary

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2018 68:52


    American Dope explores american history through the lens of crime. Motown Mafia is the story of Detroit's biggest drug ring -Eddie Jackson and Courtney Brown dominated the Murder City's heroin trade from 1970 to 1977, setting the stage for the Young Boys Incorporated and other infamous drug crews of the 1980's. Directed by Al Profit & produced by Courtney Brown, Jr. and Lew Stevents Full Film: https://www.amazon.com/Motown-Mafia-Courtney-Brown-jr/dp/B00STYRHDM YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC_AlOuRyBw More Info: https://americandope.com

    3: Motown Mafia | Huckabuck Interview

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2018 21:28


    American Dope explores american history through the lens of crime. Once upon a time "Huckabuck" ran with all the major players in the streets of Detroit. "Murder and kidnapping that was everyday for me" Full Film: https://www.amazon.com/Motown-Mafia-Courtney-Brown-jr/dp/B00STYRHDM YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrhedL4L2wE More Info: https://americandope.com

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    2: Motown Mafia | Cornell Family Ties

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2018 34:40


    American Dope explores american history through the lens of crime. Cornell was a part of Detroit's 1st family of crime. This is the uncut interview from "Motown Mafia" available on Amazon Prime video for free without commercials. Full Film: https://www.amazon.com/Motown-Mafia-Courtney-Brown-jr/dp/B00STYKVTE YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pClTA5NfOk&t=1s More Info: https://americandope.com

    1: Motown Mafia | Black Wealth From the Drug Economy

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2018 19:00


    American Dope explores american history through the lens of crime. This is the extended interview of Courtney Brown, Jr. from American Dope: "White Powder, Black Power" More Info: http://americandope.com

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