AS Demetrius “Massive Meech” Flenory’s biopic BMF will get renewed for a second season, we have a look inside his explosive 2007 drug arrest.
The 53-year-old was busted for shifting a whole bunch of kilograms of cocaine into Atlanta and sentenced to 30 years in jail.
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Born on June 21, 1968, in Cleveland, Ohio, Demetrius‘ journey into crime began on the streets of Detroit.
Demetrius and his brother, Lee “Southwest T” Flenory, 49, had been dealing medication again in highschool.
Then in 2000, the duo began a document label named BMF Leisure [standing for Black Mafia Family], the place they launched the profession of many high-profile hip hop artists comparable to Younger Jeezy, Fabolous, and Trina.
Demetrius was accused of laundering cash by means of his rap label and promotions enterprise, BMF Leisure, and in addition co-owned JUICE Journal.
Throughout their peak, which passed off from 2003 by means of 2004, the siblings had been reportedly shifting a whole bunch of kilograms of cocaine into Atlanta.
Each of the brothers’ crime operations got here to an finish in 2005 after The Drug Enforcement Company arrested them.
In 2007, each brothers pleaded responsible and had been sentenced to 30 years in jail.
THE SHOW
BMF premiered worldwide on September 26 on the Starz channel.
The crime drama follows the true story of how two brothers created the Black Mafia Household, essentially the most distinguished drug distribution community in American historical past.
The present was introduced collectively by from Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, 46, and author/govt producer Randy Huggins.
Demetrius was performed by his youthful son Demetrius Flenory Jr.
The second season of the drama has now been introduced, with 50 Cent once more serving as govt producer.
He advised Metro: “There’s a lot to essentially get to…. they’d enterprise in St. Louis, we’ve received to get to Atlanta and we’ve nonetheless received to get to LA. And to Mexico to get the medication.
“It’s virtually like a special metropolis each season we’ve received to get to, simply inform an image of the total story.”
THE PANDEMIC
Again in February, a federal appeals panel rejected Demetrius’ request to shorten his sentence.
This was the convicted cocaine kingpin’s newest try to go away federal jail about 10 years early amid the pandemic, in keeping with The Detroit Information.
Federal prosecutors believed the previous rap promoter remained a hazard to the group and wouldn’t undergo from any of the COVID-19 threat components.
Demetrius’s Lawyer, Wade Fink, advised the location: “We pleaded with the court docket to take heed to the medical specialists who testified that my shopper is in critical hazard of dying from COVID-19. However the specialists had been ignored once more.
“And I attribute a lot of that to the shameful habits of sure prosecutors on this case, who’ve made my shopper right into a field office-type monster.”
‘FAST MONEY’
Again in August, Massive Meech mentioned his life story with All Hip Hop.
When requested why he began promoting medication, the previous crime boss defined: “My brother, sister, and I grew up in a family with each our dad and mom. Neither of my dad and mom had any sort of drug or ingesting habits.”
“We had been raised within the church, so we prayed for every part. When the meals stamps and the WIC program field of meals was late, then we pray.
“When the electrical and fuel received minimize off, we pray and to hope is to have religion that God goes that will help you or present you the best way to assist your self, religion with out works means nothing so after many nights with the fuel and lights off and going to highschool with holes within the backside of my 2 for $15 Payless footwear, and my brother and I sporting the identical garments each different day.”
He concluded: “My brother and I needed to discover a technique to make some quick cash, so we hit the streets and got here up with out having to rob and kill somebody. It was provide and demand, easy as that.”
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