I'd rather it not be true, but
...it is the sort of thing you'd expect from a Black man silly enough to name himself after an Italian mobster.
Quote of note:
"This investigation focused on drug dealing, murder and money laundering. It is not an investigation of the rap industry," said Mauskopf. "Ja Rule, Ashanti and none of the other artists affiliated with Murder Inc. are implicated in any way in this case."
Hip-Hop Music Boss Accused of Laundering Cash in NY
By Jeanne King | January 27, 2005
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The head of the hip-hop music label behind top-selling artists Ashanti and Ja Rule was charged on Wednesday with laundering more than $1 million in drug money through his record company, The Inc.
Music mogul Irving Lorenzo, known as Irv Gotti, his brother Christopher Lorenzo and six others faced money-laundering charges in Brooklyn federal court tied to what officials called a murderous drug ring.
Also named in the 21-count indictment was Kenneth McGriff, a childhood friend of Lorenzo's.
McGriff, who is serving a 37-month federal prison sentence for gun possession, was the "powerful leader" of a "violent drug operation," said prosecutor Roslynn Mauskopf.
McGriff was charged with murdering three people he considered disloyal associates, the prosecutor said.
