Big Meech”

Demetrius “Big Meech” Flenory and Terry “Southwest T”, were sentenced on September 12, 2008 to 30 years in prison for running one of the largest cocaine trafficking rings in recent US history.
We’re talking hundreds of millions of dollars generated, luxurious cars, homes, boats and jewelry.
BMF Entertainment, a record label who released music from artists such as Bleu DaVinci served as one of the money laundering channels for the organization.
BMF’s rise to fame is paved with intrigue and one of the most interesting rise and falls stories of this century. Both writers and law enforcement have compared BMF with the likes of the Mafia families within the US in the mid 1900′s.
The World is BMF’s
BMF flooded the streets from 1990 through 2005, funneling their earnings through BMF entertainment, with affiliations to hip hop icon Young Jeezy, and Jacob Arabov (aka Jacob The Jeweler). But their story began in the early 1990s in Detroit and they eventually extended their territory to Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, Missouri, California and Texas.
There have been 65 indictments so far in the still evolving BMF case. Unnder terms of their plea bargain, the brothers agreed to forfeit $270 million to the government. The government has taken over $19 million dollars in assets from members of BMF which include 13 homes, 35 vehicles, millions of dollars worth of jewelry and $5 million dollars cash.
Young Jeezy was implicated by Ralph “Ralphie” Simms as part of a plea bargain, claiming the rapper received kilos of cocaine from the organization.
Jacob Arabov (aka Jacob The Jeweler) was one of  the notable defendants in the case against Big Meech & Southwest T. Jacob himself  was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison, and fined $50,000 for lying to federal agents investigating the drug ring. He was originally arrested for conspiring to launder money for the BMF.
Creative Loafing has one of the most in depth and well versed takes on the street history of BMF which I highly recommend to anyone interested in this case.

Creative Loafing – Hip Hop’s Shadowy Empire
“Big Meech” Flenory and the Black Mafia Family were hip-hop royalty. But investigators say they had a darker side. Part 1 of 3
Traffic busts in Missouri, wiretaps in Atlanta, and a double homicide with a connection to the mayor’s son-in-law. Part 2 of 3
In the summer of 2005, the party would get out of hand for Demetrius “Big Meech” Flenory and the Black Mafia Family. And the feds would be ready to make their move. Part 3 of 3