Junior Black Mafia - Aaron Jones

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Christian was the founder of the city’s notorious Black Mafia, and under his leadership in the mid-1960s through the ’70s, its members operated a complex criminal enterprise wholly separate from the Italian Mob: numbers-running, drug trafficking, extortion and prostitution. The JBM has been celebrated in street legend, in hood lore and out of all the characters from that criminal organization Aaron Jones has remained the most recognizable and iconic figure from that time.

The average number of attendees ranged from 40–60 and minutes were taken during the course of the meetings. Under the guise of seeking unity and an end to factional violence, Christian sought to exploit both groups financially. He earned three college degrees during his sentence and became an expert on gangsters, drug lords, and prison gangs, penning over 20 hard hitting books on the subject. It got so bad that every murder case that was unresolved during this period of time was put on the JBM to further substantiate the JBM profile of drugs and violence. Nearly two decades after its demise, the Black Mafia is in the spotlight again through the Philadelphia mayoral election where both candidates have been linked by the media to a former member of The Black Mafia and its spin-off organization, The Junior Black Mafia.It’s said the JBM controlled a significant portion of the local cocaine trade and its members didn’t hesitate to use violence to eliminate the competition and keep its members in line. Investigative journalist Jim Nicholson penned dozens of articles exposing the Black Mafia, including a groundbreaking November 1973 Philadelphia magazine cover story. The JBM was conceived in 1986 and "born" in 1987 as an organization dedicated to exploiting the seemingly limitless profit potential created by the crack epidemic. Chicago Blacks were able to have such success in the gambling business due to their connection with Republican mayor of Chicago, William Hale Thompson, who treated Blacks more equitably than his predecessors and recognized that Black gamblers greatly supported their local government.

Through court documents we later found out that the ring Bazil had when he was stopped by the Philadelphia police, was turned over to the DEA. Everyone had their own version of things and most made it up as they went along but everyone agreed “that they were not to be fucked with. The BMF organization is largely responsible for giving Young Jeezy "street credibility", which translates to high album sales in the rap world, by showing up in the hundreds to his shows towards the beginning of his career.Nearly three decades later, the Inquirer placed the murders on a list of “violent crimes of the 20th century. There is not much published information on Black American organized crime groups, especially between the years of 1890 and 1960. The Crips have spread outside of Los Angeles, establishing chapters across the nation and even in Anchorage. In detention hearings Thursday, prosecutors described the arrestees as members or associates of the Black Mafia Family.

If you crossed the JBM back in the day than you crossed one of the most notorious crews to ever come out of Philly.The Shower Posse was a notorious east coast organization of trigger happy Jamaicans who were known for shooting first with wild blasts from Uzi’s and asking questions later. April 23, 1992 – Aaron Jones and “Moochie” Thornton are convicted in the drug and racketeering case and Jones is convicted of Kennedy’s murder and sentenced to death in January 1993. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, African American organized crime emerged following the first and second large-scale migration of African Americans from the Southern United States to major cities of the Northeast, Midwest, and later the West Coast. Some of the guys that hustled with me had a beef with them after they left me and went on their own. But in truth, much of what was reported was the invention of one man, Youngblood and his DEA handlers who were trying to throw some shit into the game by causing frictions between the crews.

Aaron comes up and tells Million Dollar Dave that he’s got to get down or lay down but Dave doesn’t go for it. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Just like their predecessors the decade before, JBM told their counterparts in the Philly underworld to “Get down or lay down” and made valuable inroads with the area’s powerful Italian mob – JMB lieutenant Benny Goff was Jones’ conduit to the Italians.Demetrius "Big Meech" Flenory, leader of the Black Mafia Family, was known to be good friends with Fabolous, Jay-Z, Puff Daddy (Big Meech's bodyguard was Puff Daddy's ex-bodyguard), Young Jeezy, and a number of other high-profile rappers. Shot to death with two other women in a West Philadelphia apartment by Russell Barnes, through a contract by NOI Muslims and the Black Mafia. A motion seeking to have one of the defendants jailed until trial says the BMF holds itself out as a drug trafficking and money laundering organization distributing large quantities of narcotics in the St. It specializes in narcotics, extortion and murder, with minor interests in loan sharking, numbers and prostitution. Anytime we are able to dismantle an organization involved in selling the big four – fentanyl, methamphetamine, heroin and cocaine – it’s a big deal," said Special Agent in Charge Michael A.