Bmf: The Rise and Fall of Big Meech and the Black Mafia Family (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780312674151)

In the early 1990s, Demetrius "Big Meech" Flenory and his brother, Terry "Southwest T," rose up from the slums of Detroit to build one of the largest cocaine empires in American history: the Black Mafia Family. They socialized with music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs, did business with New York's king of bling Jacob "The Jeweler" Arabo, and built allegiances with rap superstars Young Jeezy and Fabolous. Yet even as BMF was attracting celebrity attention, its crew members struck fear in a city.

When the brothers began clashing in 2003, the flashy and beloved Big Meech risked it all on a shot at legitimacy in the music industry. At the same time, utilizing a high-stakes wiretap operation, the feds inched toward their goal of destroying the Flenory's empire and ending the reign of a crew suspected in the sale of thousands of kilos of cocaine -- and a half-dozen unsolved murders.

Author: Mara Shalhoup
ISBN-10: 0312674155
ISBN-13: 9780312674151
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Language: English
Published: 01/18/2011
Pages: 328
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 8.23h x 5.57w x 0.92d
Award: Street Literature Book Award Medal (Slbam) - Honorable Mention