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THE LATEST AT OUTWRITE:
Mara Shalloup signing 'BMF'
04/22/2010 7:30 pm
04/22/2010 8:30 pm
Mara Shallhoup signing BMF
at Outwrite Bookstore & Coffeehouse
Thursday April 22, 2010
7:30 PM
Synopsis:
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.
After a decade in the drug game, the Flenorys had it all—a fleet of
Maybachs, Bentleys and Ferraris, a 500-man workforce operating in six
states, and an estimated quarter of a billion in drug sales. 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 created a cult of
violence that struck fear in a city and threatened to spill beyond the
boundaries of the drug underworld. Ruthlessness fueled BMF’s rise to
incredible power; greed and that same ruthlessness led to their
downfall.
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, a team of investigators who had pursued BMF for years began to prey on the organization’s weaknesses. 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.
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, a team of investigators who had pursued BMF for years began to prey on the organization’s weaknesses. 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.
About the Author:
Mara Shalhoup is a decorated journalist and a senior editor with Creative
Loafing, the preeminent alternative newsweekly serving the South.
She started her writing career as a crime reporter at the Macon
Telegraph, and has gone on to earn such honors as a Clarion Award,
two nominations for a Livingston Award, and recognition from the Atlanta
Press Club as the city’s Journalist of the Year. This is her first
book. She lives with her husband in Atlanta.
Location:
- Street:
- Outwrite Bookstore
- Additional:
- 991 Piedmont Ave NE
- City:
- Atlanta ,
- Province:
- Georgia
- Postal Code:
- 30309-4108
- Country:
- United States
