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The '''Supreme Team''' was a [[crack cocaine]] [[gang]] that operated throughout the [[1980s]] in [[New York City]]. Their headquarters was in a [[Jamaica, Queens]] housing project known as the Baisley Park Houses.<ref>24 Arrested on Drug Charges In Old Gang's Queens Territory, [[New York Times]] April 10, 1998</ref> However they controlled a huge chunk of the entire city itself, including [[Harlem]]. The leader was [[Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff]] and his nephew, Gerald Miller, nicknamed "Prince". In [[1989]], thanks to the work of a high-ranking informant, the Team was disbanded, and McGriff spent 10 years in a federal prison for a narcotics conviction.<ref>''Narcotics probe targets rap's Murder Inc'', CNN.com April 10, 2003</ref> The Supreme Team was depicted in the movie New Jack City with Nino Brown as Supreme, and Supreme was also depicted in 50 Cent's movie Get Rich or Die Tryin, in which he portrayed Majestic.
The '''Supreme Team''' was a [[crack cocaine]] [[gang]] that operated throughout the [[1980s]] in [[New York City]]. Their headquarters was in a [[Jamaica, Queens]] housing project known as the Baisley Park Houses.<ref>24 Arrested on Drug Charges In Old Gang's Queens Territory, [[New York Times]] April 10, 1998</ref> However they controlled a huge chunk of the entire city itself, including [[Harlem]]. The leader was [[Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff]] and his nephew, Gerald Miller, nicknamed "Prince". In [[1989]], thanks to the work of a high-ranking informant, the Team was disbanded, and McGriff spent 10 years in a federal prison for a narcotics conviction.<ref>''Narcotics probe targets rap's Murder Inc'', CNN.com April 10, 2003</ref> The Supreme Team was depicted in the movie New Jack City with Nino Brown as Supreme, and Supreme was also depicted in 50 Cent's movie Get Rich or Die Tryin, portrayed by the character Majestic.

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The Supreme Team was a crack cocaine gang that operated throughout the 1980s in New York City. Their headquarters was in a Jamaica, Queens housing project known as the Baisley Park Houses.[1] However they controlled a huge chunk of the entire city itself, including Harlem. The leader was Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff and his nephew, Gerald Miller, nicknamed "Prince". In 1989, thanks to the work of a high-ranking informant, the Team was disbanded, and McGriff spent 10 years in a federal prison for a narcotics conviction.[2] The Supreme Team was depicted in the movie New Jack City with Nino Brown as Supreme, and Supreme was also depicted in 50 Cent's movie Get Rich or Die Tryin, portrayed by the character Majestic.

  1. ^ 24 Arrested on Drug Charges In Old Gang's Queens Territory, New York Times April 10, 1998
  2. ^ Narcotics probe targets rap's Murder Inc, CNN.com April 10, 2003