THE ORIGINATORS OF HIP HOP FASHION III.
This is the third part in the series The Originator's of Hip Hop Fashion. In this portion we examine the 'BLING' aspect of the culture and some of the street personalities who epitomized the term. The Black Mafia Family or BMF is a drug crew that has left an undeniable imprint on Hip Hop culture and in particular that aspect of it referred to as Gangsta Rap. THE BLACK MAFIA FAMILY AND BMF ENTERTAINMENT THE DRUG ORGANIZATION: A) Documents filed in October 2006 in a federal case out of Detroit state: "Terry Lee Flenory and Demetrius Edward Flenory, by the early l990's, had established a drug organization which was dealing in kilogram quantities of cocaine in the Detroit metropolitan area. By the mid 1990's, the organization was extended into other areas of the United States including St. Louis, Mo., Los Angeles, Calif., and Atlanta, Ga. ... Eventually, Terry Lee Flenory and Demetrius Edward Flenory began to operate their illegal cocain...