2 Charged in Slaying of New York Rapper
Federal prosecutors probing ties between the worlds of drug dealing and rap music filed murder charges in the slaying of a Queens, N.Y., rapper known as E-Money Bags.
Assistant U.S. Atty. Carolyn Pokorny said defendants Dennis “Divine” Crosby and Nicole Brown could face the death penalty if convicted in the 2001 shooting. Investigators believe the crime was a revenge slaying ordered by Queens drug kingpin Kenneth “Supreme” McGriff, according to documents in the case.
Prosecutors believe McGriff laundered hundreds of thousands of dollars in drug money through the rap label Murder Inc., home of such acts as Ashanti and Ja Rule.
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