Reggae Label Funded W/ Weed Money, Founders Face Life In Jail
ZJSnyper said
13:26 03/06 2008
Eight Bronx men connected to John Shop Records, a studio and reggae record label launched with drug money, were convicted by a federal jury on Monday (March 3) after being accused of selling as much as $1 million worth of weed every week.
Singer and producer Wyclef Jean was one of the artists who recorded at the studio, as was international reggae star Sizzla, according to New York's Daily News.
The gang, known as the John Shop Crew, reportedly flew 2,000 pounds of pot a week from California to New York where they sold the weed to lower-level drug dealers, during the years of 1997 to 2004.
Anthony Patterson, 37, was the crew's head honcho, who supervised the transports and sent money back to buy more drugs.
Patterson and four others were convicted on drug and gun charges. They're all looking at a maximum of life in prison.
Three others pleaded guilty and face 25 years in jail.
RiddimRyder said
13:28 03/06 2008
bah..mi neva understand why dem lock man up fi ganja....a ediaat ting dat. capture di rapist dem....nuh waste time on di ganja man!
linko said
13:31 03/06 2008
lol
Antiguan said
04:17 03/07 2008
yo thats f**ked up ... at least they putting the money they used to somthing constructive like music .. its funny how it is alright for bush to ship young american soldiers over to iraq to get killed or to kill iraqi ppl and that is perfectly justified. yet when a man ship weed, which neva kill no one up till today, if anything it give man the conscious not fe kill, and still them mans gettin a life sentence ! thats harsh....
mrlegendremix said
04:33 03/07 2008
jah know john shop badman shop gun and b**** drop (bx to tha world)
Eight Bronx men connected to John Shop Records, a studio and reggae record label launched with drug money, were convicted by a federal jury on Monday (March 3) after being accused of selling as much as $1 million worth of weed every week.
Singer and producer Wyclef Jean was one of the artists who recorded at the studio, as was international reggae star Sizzla, according to New York's Daily News.
The gang, known as the John Shop Crew, reportedly flew 2,000 pounds of pot a week from California to New York where they sold the weed to lower-level drug dealers, during the years of 1997 to 2004.
Anthony Patterson, 37, was the crew's head honcho, who supervised the transports and sent money back to buy more drugs.
Patterson and four others were convicted on drug and gun charges. They're all looking at a maximum of life in prison.
Three others pleaded guilty and face 25 years in jail.