Sex Money Murder : : a Story of Crack, Blood, and Betrayal
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Act I. Soundview: the genesis of violence -- Prologue: The roof -- Li'l Gunbuster -- Do not yield to evil -- Hit a killer, be a killer -- The ledger of death -- The kids from Cozy Corner -- The birth of Sugar shaft -- Kidnapped: blood begets blood -- Act II. The rise of Sex Money Murder -- Gold shield #1944 -- Sex Money Murder -- Coma -- Pipelines of the game -- Money bath -- Justice -- the murder game -- Gimme the loot -- Blood -- Nasty boys -- Act III. Ultraviolence: the fall of Sex Money Murder -- The fist -- The office -- Thanksgiving -- "Make it reign" -- Bangin' for their rats -- Myth's end -- Dropping the flag -- 5K -- Exile -- Epilogue: "The streets don't love you"
A portrait of the violent drug wars of the Bronx in the late 1980s and early 1990s documents the surge of crack cocaine's popularity and the murderous territory disputes among its dealers, tracing the rise and fall of notorious gang Sex Money Murder.
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PUBLISHED
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2018]
Year Published: 2018
Description: x, 413 pages ; 25 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780393244489
0393244482
SUBJECTS
Sex Money Murder (Gang)
Gangs -- New York -- Case studies.
Drug traffic -- New York -- Case studies.
Crack (Drug) -- New York -- Case studies.
Murder -- New York -- Case studies.
Crime -- New York -- Case studies.
Nonfiction.