The Rise and Fall of the South Jamaica Queens Drug Trade of the 1980βs
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In the 1980βs South Jamaica was the Mecca of Crack, Dope, whatever you wanna call the shit. Jamaica was the place to get it.
Fat Cat Nichols, Pappy Mason, and also Supreme/Supreme Team weβre making millions of dollars on these streets
All of them are in that top picture at the beginning of the thread.
Fat Cat and Pappy weβre both originally from Alabama , but migrated to New York sometime in the late 60βs and 70βs when they were kids.
Fat Cat and Pappy met at a Juvenile detention center in 1977, and formed a bond kicking kids asses in and out of jail. Street bullies.
Fat Cat was known for his quick hands and intimidating presence weighing around 300 pounds during his prime. Dude wasnβt fat , he was solid.
Fat Cat was raised in the South Jamaica Houses otherwise known as The β 40 Projectsβ.
Pappy was raised in the Crown Heights/Troy Avenue area. Had a hatred for authority, and was very ruthless in anything he did regarding Cat
Queens in the 60βs and 70βs wasnβt really known for toughness and brutality like its cousin boroughs , BK, BX , etc. but that changed fast
South Jamaica soon became the Mecca to drug dealers, as much as a million dollars from a week to a month could be made on those streets.
Fat Cat had the 40 Projects infamously named β The Block β and till this day they still call it that. Fat Cat and Pappy ruled the Southside.
Not anybody was allowed in South Jamaica, even if your auntie stayed there if you didnβt grow up in those projects, you was gonna get beat.
Fat Cat became the Black John Gotti of the Southside, running the drug trade like a fast food joint long before Crack came in the picture.
Which brought on a high police radar. With that happening Cat went legit, or tried to. He opened up a Deli called β Big Deliβ I believe.
Pappy had started his own crew called the Bebos which was highly influenced by the Jamaican culture. Had American kids speaking patois lol
Pappy was so so so ruthless, very violent and just out of control. But he was loyal and thatβs why heβs considered a legend today in Queens.
Pappy Mason and Prince were really the reasons why the War on Drugs elevated , youβll see what happens.
Anyways back on point. Fat Cat was really moving throughout Queens like a ghost, the black Underworld. An Icon of his time.
and with Pappy Mason at his hip putting fear in the hearts of everyone in the Southside. Cat was untouchable
Sporting fancy cars, flashy jewelry, women, throwing parties, all the stuff you see in movies they were living it right here in Queens
Fast forward to July 1985, Cat gets locked up, at his Deli after an informant gives the police a tip on where heβs selling from directly.
Cat gets arrested at his Deli on drug charges, Pappy creeps on a cop hoodie up and had a gun to the cops head, Cat waves him off quietly
If he killed that cop right then and there it wouldβve been a rap. Done deal. But Cat was a smart, logical thinker. Pappy was ready for war.
Pappy would stick hot combs up peoples asses if they didnβt spill information that he needed, they lit junkies up on fire in the streets
Crack shows up on South Jamaica streets while Cat was in prison for the drug charges. Being naive to the effects Crack had, he left it alone
While a new cat ruled the Southside, Supreme McGriff.
Preme ( on the right ) was a mentee of Fat Cat, Cat mentored Preme, but Preme never worked for him. Just was a protege, learning as he went
We all know who Supreme is, Preme is from the Baisley Park Projects. Coming from a decent middle class family, he was very smart growing up.
His nephew Prince ( on the right ) only two years younger, became his right hand man. Crack is the new drug on the streets, a cheap high.
Prince was Premeβs muscle. Just like Pappy, he was extremely violent. And killing people just seemed to give him some type of a rush.
He single handedly terrorized Southside with an iron fist.
Supreme and his crew did everything Catβs crew did, but better and more innovative. They influenced the styles of local rappers LL Cool J
RUN-DMC , etc etc. Queens was putting out crazy good rappers like ball players. And the rappers wanted to emulate the real hustlers.
Rapidly dethroning Cat as the king of the Southside, Supreme along with his squad The β Supreme Team β were running New York.
Itβs so much ground to cover Iβd be here all day, but Iβm just touching on main points. Everything else, read on your own.
Fat Cat tries to keep his business up by getting into the Crack Game, but Preme was outshining everyone in New York. Including Harlem Cats.
Shoutout to Harlem too, R.I.P. Rich Porter , and peace to the stand up guys like Kevin Chiles who just did an interview on Funk Flex
Rich Porter and Kevin Chiles. You know whoβs who.
Anyways back on point, Fat Cat is having a hard time getting his foot in the streets like how he used to and itβs frustrating him inside.
Cat is running the show from his cell , Gotti style. With Pappy being his enforcer on the streets, this turns out to be a TERRIBLE Idea.
Supreme and his team were Pulling in MILLIONS selling on South Jamaicaβs streets, Police were terrified of them. NYPD pissing in their pants
A few key members had their own vials to sell, each of them had a set of colors which identified who was selling what and who was making $$
In 1987 Preme gets locked up on a Ten year sentence and had no choice but to let Prince run the show on the outside. BAD DECISION.
Prince and Pappy went on immediate killing sprees, turning South Jamaica into Afghanistan and fuckin Baghdad.
Cat gets out on Bail briefly, just to be put back in Jail by his then P.O. Brian Rooney. Cat is pissed off and tells Pappy to take him out
Pappy carries out the deed with a few guys from the old crew. Pappy lures the P.O. to a park, pretends to snitch, then guns him in the car.
Pappy gets away with that Murder briefly ( He later is snitched on ) . One day on The Block a police officer they use to call β The Iceman β
Started messing with Pappy..
BAD DECISION.
He tells Pappy β donβt drink beer in front of meβ Pappy says β do you know who I am?β
BAD DECISION.
He tells Pappy β donβt drink beer in front of meβ Pappy says β do you know who I am?β
Officer doesnβt care at all, tells Pappy throw away the beer. And Pappy launches the can down the street, walking away pissed off.
Pappy is plotting to kill a police officer, while Prince is busy murdering Distros ( Distributors ) and connects cause they were running dry
Everything changes here, Pappy gets a hitman to kill a rookie officer that is protecting a witnesses house who was suooose to testify on Cat
Char β Shocker β Davis, is the hitman Pappy used to kill the officer. This fucked everything up for EVERYBODY.
Shocker kills Edward Byrne, shot him five times in the head. Stupid stupid move.
Watch this 48 second video on what happened after that cop got killed.
This shit getting too long lol , bout to sum it all up.
So Prince ends up going to jail on the murder charges , BEATS all 4 doesnβt rat. Gets found guilty of one murder and gets sentenced to life.
Various individuals snitched on the supreme team, costing Prince and his comrades their lives. Preme gets out and attends their murder trial
Legend in the flesh he got out of jail as a kingpin with plenty of years left to live ( he later gets sentenced to life years down the road)
Pappy got caught by the police is serving a few life sentences for the murders he committed. Some say Cat snitched on him but Pap denied.
South Jamaica ever since then is infamously known for what went on during that time. As well as other boroughs in New York.
All these men here except for a few are now serving life sentences or they are dead. A few were able to get away scotch free. Gov Pawns.
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