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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 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> |
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==In music== |
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The infamous Supreme Team has been the subject of songs like [[50 Cent]]'s "Ghetto Quaran" and [[Nas (rapper)|Nas]]' "Memory Lane"(Some fiends scream of Supreme Team a Jamaica Queens thing). The rap group [[Public Enemy]]'s original line-up included a similar pseudo-paramilitary "unit" led by [[Professor Griff]], although this is most likely more reminiscent of [[The Black Panthers]] than any gang. It should be noted however, that [[Flava Flav]] appears in [[New Jack City]]. In the [[1997]] song "Mo Money, Mo Problems", The [[Notorious B.I.G.]] raps: "My team's supreme...". |
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For a similar group, see The [[Black Mafia]]. |
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Revision as of 15:54, 5 April 2006
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]
- ^ 24 Arrested on Drug Charges In Old Gang's Queens Territory, New York Times April 10, 1998
- ^ Narcotics probe targets rap's Murder Inc, CNN.com April 10, 2003