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Biggie Smalls: Rise to Fame Before 'Ready to Die' | Childhood, Friends, & Early Struggles-Biggie, P1

Biggie Smalls: Rise to Fame Before 'Ready to Die' | Childhood, Friends, & Early Struggles - Biggie, Part 1
Christopher Wallace, known by his stage name Biggie Smalls or The Notorious B.I.G., was born on May 21, 1972, in Brooklyn, New York. Raised in the rough neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Biggie was the only child of Voletta Wallace, a Jamaican immigrant and preschool teacher, and Selwyn George Latore, a welder and politician who left the family when Biggie was just two years old. Biggie's mother, Voletta, worked multiple jobs to provide for her son, instilling in him the importance of education and hard work. Despite her efforts, Biggie became involved in the local street scene. He attended the Roman Catholic Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School before transferring to George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School, where future rappers Jay-Z and Busta Rhymes were also students. As a teenager, Biggie began dealing drugs, a decision that led to several run-ins with the law. He was arrested on weapons charges in 1989 and for a probation violation in 1990. In 1991, he spent nine months in jail for dealing crack cocaine. Despite his criminal activities, Biggie was developing his skills as a rapper. He gained attention in the local hip-hop scene with a demo tape that eventually reached the hands of Sean "Puffy" Combs, who was working at Uptown Records at the time. Impressed by Biggie's talent, Combs signed him to his newly formed label, Bad Boy Records, after leaving Uptown. Biggie's early career was marked by collaborations with friends and fellow artists. He formed the group Junior M.A.F.I.A. (Masters At Finding Intelligent Attitudes), which included childhood friends like Lil' Kim and Lil' Cease. The group played a significant role in Biggie's rise to fame, adding to the East Coast hip-hop scene's growing influence. In 1994, Biggie's debut album, "Ready to Die," was released on Bad Boy Records. The album was critically acclaimed and helped revitalize the East Coast rap scene, which had been overshadowed by West Coast artists. With hits like "Juicy," "Big Poppa," and "One More Chance," Biggie's vivid storytelling, lyrical prowess, and deep, commanding voice made him a standout figure in hip-hop. "Ready to Die" solidified Biggie's status as one of the leading artists in the genre, setting the stage for his enduring legacy as one of the greatest rappers of all time.
 
⏳𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐎 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒 ⏳
00:00 – Tupac or Biggie for ME?
04:05 – Christopher George Latore Wallas, the beginning
11:13 – Biggie’s criminal history
18:10 – Biggie as a tennager
21:28 – Junior M.A.F.I.A.
25:16 – Ollie
26:52 – Building Biggie’s musical career
30:17 – Sean “P. Diddy”, “Puff Daddy”, “Puffy” Combs
42:09 – More of the Music
 
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A full breakdown of the Tren De Aragua and a question for NY Government
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Stefano Magaddino was born to be a gangster - Part 1
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Carmine Persico - 'The Snake' played the biggest role in the first Gallo War - Part 1
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Dana Truppiana & OC Shortz discuss creating the Commission

Dana Truppiana & OC Shortz discuss creating the Commission See the video on OC Shortz’ channel here:
   • Did Lucky Luciano FAKE his OWN DEATH ?  
 
Visit OC Shortz channel here:    / @ocshortz  
 
In an early morning interview, James Gladwish had a conversation with Dana Truppiana surrounding topics such as Lucky Luciano, the hit of Joe “The Boss” Masseria, the hit of Stefano Maranzano, and the building of the Commission.
 
🍁 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚 🍁
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🎥𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚'𝐬 𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐎𝐒🎥
Big Ang Lonardo - My first informant! He may have flipped at the end, but he had a hell of a ride!
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Stefano Magaddino was born to be a gangster - Part 1
   • Stefano Magaddino was born to be a gangste...  
 
Carlo Gambino - The most requested deep dive series - Part 1
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Why I Despise Vito Genovese | Dana Truppiana
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Tupac Shakur – Part 2 - The untold story behind Tupac Amaru Shakur

Before watching, watch Part 1 here: Tupac Shakur – The untold story behind Tupac Amaru Shakur – Part 1
   • Tupac Shakur – The untold story behind Tup...  
 
Tupac Shakur – Part 2 - The untold story behind Tupac Amaru Shakur In a gripping five-part series, Dana Truppiana explores the individuals that are Tupac Shakur and Christopher “Biggie” Wallace, with 2 parts dedicated to each of these music legends and an episode dedicated to how the rift between their friendship ultimately played a huge part in each of their demise. Few figures personify the complex intersection of art, activism, and American social history as poignantly as Tupac Amaru Shakur (1971-1996). In just twenty-five years, Shakur produced a body of music, poetry, film, and public commentary that continues to reverberate through popular culture and politics. This report examines four interconnected dimensions of his life—childhood, education, musical career, and accomplishments—in order to illuminate both the man and the enduring mythos he inspired. Born Lesane Parish Crooks on 16 June 1971 in East Harlem, New York City, he was renamed Tupac Amaru Shakur a year later after the 18th-century Peruvian revolutionary Túpac Amaru II. Tupac’s Professional Debut with Digital Underground was as a dancer and roadie, quickly being promoted to feature verses (“Same Song”). Touring logistics, studio protocol, and stagecraft served as an informal graduate program in hip-hop performance. His Solo Breakthrough—2Pacalypse Now (1991) featured themes of police brutality (“Trapped”), teen pregnancy (“Brenda’s Got a Baby”), and systemic racism. Vice President Dan Quayle condemned the album after a Texas youth cited its lyrics in a murder defense, inadvertently boosting sales and spotlight. Sparse, funk-driven beats underscored by raw, journalistic storytelling. Me Against the World debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 while Shakur was incarcerated, making him the first artist to achieve that milestone from behind bars. Tupac balanced “thug life” bravado (“If I Die 2Nite”) with vulnerable introspection (“Dear Mama”), showcasing multifaceted masculinity rarely seen in rap at the time. His next album, Commercial Apex—All Eyez on Me (1996) came when Tupac was fresh out of prison on a $1.4 million bail posted by Death Row Records’ CEO Suge Knight. This is one of the first mainstream hip-hop double albums; certified Diamond (10 million U.S. units) in 2014. This album had a feeling of G-funk bounce, aggressive synthesizers, and layered vocal hooks (“California Love,” “How Do U Want It”). In Tupac’s Acting Career, he starred in movies such as Juice (1992), Poetic Justice (1993), Above the Rim (1994), Bullet (1996), and Gridlock’d (released 1997). Roger Ebert praised his “natural charisma” and “layered vulnerability,” hinting at untapped dramatic potential. Together with Mutulu Shakur and others, Tupac drafted a 26-point charter aimed at reducing violence among young Black men. He funded after-school arts programs, donated to charities like A Place Called Home in South-Central L.A., and financed funerals for victims of inner-city violence. In interviews and college panels, he challenged government policies on mass incarceration and welfare.
 
⏳𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐎 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒 ⏳
00:00 – Intro
01:21 – Recap of Part 1
02:53 – SA charges & Quad Studios incident
13:51 – Keisha Morris will always be “Mrs. Shakur”
18:23 – Robbery at Keisha’s apartment
20:33 – Who is Suge Knight?
34:39 – Tupac signs with Death Row Records
46:45 – The beef extends to the streets
 
Tupac Links: Black Panther Party Poster to raise funds to release Panther 21 https://www.theguardian.com/artanddes...
Song with Madonna and Tupac:    • Madonna & 2Pac - I'd Rather Be Your Lover ...  
Ayanna Jackson recounts experience with Tupac: https://www.tmz.com/2018/01/30/tupac-...
Tupac outside courthouse giving press conference:    • Full Interview: Tupac Outside Courthouse, ...  
 
🍁 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚 🍁
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Your source for the life and history of infamous gangsters ... and some other stuff, too. Your go-to resource for information on famous gangsters' lives and histories, as well as other things.
 
🎥𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚'𝐬 𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐎𝐒🎥
Secrets, power, and brutality: Explore the Yakuza empire under the iron fist of Kazuo Taoka - Part 1
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The most famous Hero-Gone-Wrong to ever hit American tabloids! OJ Simpson Part 1
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Billy Donahue's murder has gone unsolved for 8 years!
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Tupac Shakur – The untold story behind Tupac Amaru Shakur – Part 1

Tupac Shakur – The untold story behind Tupac Amaru Shakur – Part 1
In a gripping five-part series, Dana Truppiana explores the individuals that are Tupac Shakur and Christopher “Biggie” Wallace, with 2 parts dedicated to each of these music legends and an episode dedicated to how the rift between their friendship ultimately played a huge part in each of their demise. Few figures personify the complex intersection of art, activism, and American social history as poignantly as Tupac Amaru Shakur (1971-1996). In just twenty-five years, Shakur produced a body of music, poetry, film, and public commentary that continues to reverberate through popular culture and politics. This report examines four interconnected dimensions of his life—childhood, education, musical career, and accomplishments—in order to illuminate both the man and the enduring mythos he inspired. Born Lesane Parish Crooks on 16 June 1971 in East Harlem, New York City, he was renamed Tupac Amaru Shakur a year later after the 18th-century Peruvian revolutionary Túpac Amaru II. Tupac’s Professional Debut with Digital Underground was as a dancer and roadie, quickly being promoted to feature verses (“Same Song”). Touring logistics, studio protocol, and stagecraft served as an informal graduate program in hip-hop performance. His Solo Breakthrough—2Pacalypse Now (1991) featured themes of police brutality (“Trapped”), teen pregnancy (“Brenda’s Got a Baby”), and systemic racism. Vice President Dan Quayle condemned the album after a Texas youth cited its lyrics in a murder defense, inadvertently boosting sales and spotlight. Sparse, funk-driven beats underscored by raw, journalistic storytelling. Me Against the World debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 while Shakur was incarcerated, making him the first artist to achieve that milestone from behind bars. Tupac balanced “thug life” bravado (“If I Die 2Nite”) with vulnerable introspection (“Dear Mama”), showcasing multifaceted masculinity rarely seen in rap at the time. His next album, Commercial Apex—All Eyez on Me (1996) came when Tupac was fresh out of prison on a $1.4 million bail posted by Death Row Records’ CEO Suge Knight. This is one of the first mainstream hip-hop double albums; certified Diamond (10 million U.S. units) in 2014. This album had a feeling of G-funk bounce, aggressive synthesizers, and layered vocal hooks (“California Love,” “How Do U Want It”). In Tupac’s Acting Career, he starred in movies such as Juice (1992), Poetic Justice (1993), Above the Rim (1994), Bullet (1996), and Gridlock’d (released 1997). Roger Ebert praised his “natural charisma” and “layered vulnerability,” hinting at untapped dramatic potential. Together with Mutulu Shakur and others, Tupac drafted a 26-point charter aimed at reducing violence among young Black men. He funded after-school arts programs, donated to charities like A Place Called Home in South-Central L.A., and financed funerals for victims of inner-city violence. In interviews and college panels, he challenged government policies on mass incarceration and welfare.
⏳𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐎 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒 ⏳
00:00 – Intro
03:37 – Tupac, the beginning
07:45 – The Black Panther Party
12:47 – The 21 Panthers Trial
20:25 – Tupac’s high school years
27:14 – Tupac’s rap career starts
31:10 – Tupac and Lisa ‘Left Eye’ Lopez
34:56 – Tupac and Biggie meet
38:42 – Tupac and Madonna
40:47 – Thug Life
41:27 – SA charges against Tupac
49:37 – Quad Studios – Nov 30, 1994
 
Tupac Links:
Black Panther Party Poster to raise funds to release Panther 21 https://www.theguardian.com/artanddes...
Song with Madonna and Tupac:    • Madonna & 2Pac - I'd Rather Be Your Lover ...  
Ayanna Jackson recounts experience with Tupac: https://www.tmz.com/2018/01/30/tupac-...
Tupac outside courthouse giving press conference:    • Full Interview: Tupac Outside Courthouse, ...  
 
🍁 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚 🍁
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Secrets, power, and brutality: Explore the Yakuza empire under the iron fist of Kazuo Taoka - Part 1
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America vs. Japan in WWII: The Yakuza's Hidden Role in Wartime Japan

This clip was originally a piece of a larger video, Kazuo Taoka Part 2. To view the entire video, please visit here:
Secrets, power, and brutality: Explore the Yakuza empire under Kazuo Taoka - Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UK8W3mjXbBU
 
In World War II, the United States and Japan clashed in the Pacific theater, with the war beginning with Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941. This attack, which severely damaged the US Pacific Fleet, led to the US declaration of war on Japan and the subsequent entry of the United States into World War II. The war in the Pacific involved intense battles, including naval engagements, island-hopping campaigns, and eventually, the use of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which forced Japan's surrender in September 1945.
 
🍁 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚 🍁
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Secrets, power, and brutality: Explore the Yakuza empire under the iron fist of Kazuo Taoka - Part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRDx1p06DHg
 
The most famous Hero-Gone-Wrong to ever hit American tabloids! OJ Simpson Part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgyQEr3U3-4
 
Frank McErlane popularized the Tommy Gun in Chicago and invented the Gang Ride or 'One Way Ride'
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Secrets, power, and brutality: Explore the Yakuza empire under Kazuo Taoka - Part 2

Watch Part 1 here:
Secrets, power, and brutality: Explore the Yakuza empire under the iron fist of Kazuo Taoka - Part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRDx1p06DHg
 
Japanese gangsters, members of what are formally called bōryokudan (“violence groups”), or Mafia-like criminal organizations. In Japan and elsewhere, especially in the West, the term yakuza can be used to refer to individual gangsters or criminals as well as to their organized groups and to Japanese organized crime in general. Yakuza adopt samurai-like rituals and often bear elaborate body tattoos. They engage in extortion, blackmail, smuggling, prostitution, drug trafficking, gambling, loan sharking, day-labor contracting, and other rackets and control many restaurants, bars, trucking companies, talent agencies, taxi fleets, factories, and other businesses in major Japanese cities. They are also involved in criminal activities worldwide. Taoka Kazuo (born March 28, 1912, Sanshōmura, Japan—died July 30, 1981, Amagasaki) was Japan’s major crime boss (oyabun), who, after World War II, rose to head a giant crime organization, the Yamaguchi-gumi. Though centered in Kōbe, it had interests and affiliates nationwide and consisted of more than 10,000 members (known as yakuza) divided into more than 500 bands. Kazuo Taoka was born to a poor farm family in a village on the island of Shikoku; his father died before Taoka was born, and his mother died when he was four years old. Raised by relatives, he left school in his early teens and in 1929 began associating with yakuza gangs in Kōbe; in the early 1930s he became an apprentice and then a member of Yamaguchi-gumi. During World War II the organization fell apart; Taoka restored it in the postwar years and made it into a giant cartel, dealing in extortion, labor racketeering, gambling, prostitution, loansharking, smuggling, show business, and other enterprises both legal and illegal. Ideologically he was ultra-rightist and ultra-nationalistic.
 
⏳𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐎 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒 ⏳
0:00 – Intro
01:07 – Part 1 Recap
07:14 – Being ‘made’ into the Yakuza
09:53 – Murder charges
16:07 – Kazuo Taoka takes over the Yamaguchi Gumi
18:27 – Kazuo meets Fumiko 30:11 – Labor Unions
33:06 – The jobs the government gave to the Yakuza
35:34 – The legit jobs of Taoka
36:43 – The expansion of the Yamaguchi-Gumi
39:32 – The Castellammarese-like war that broke out in the Yamaguchi Gumi
45:30 – Kazuo Taoka is attacked
52:59 – The time in the Yamaguchi-Gumi after Kazuo Taoka
 
Links:
Kazuo Taoka funeral: https://rumble.com/vutxof-kazuo-taoka-funeral-japan-yakuza-crime-syndicate.html
https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/237284/
https://s1.thcdn.com/design- assets/documents/arrowfilms/Cops%20vs%20Thugs.pdf
https://www.reddit.com/r/Mafia/comments/1dnasg1/kazuo_taoka_19131981_the_godfather_of_the/
https://www.reddit.com/r/HistoryPorn/comments/178cr3u/yamaguchigumi_leader_kazuo_taoka_third_from_the/
https://www.tokyocowboy.co/articles/yama-ichi-koso-kansais-bloody-yakuza-war
https://www.crimelibrary.org/gangsters_outlaws/gang/yakuza/3.html
https://alchetron.com/Kazuo-Taoka
https://www.eluniversal.com/sucesos/193789/sombras-del-mal-el-padrino-de-la-yakuza
 
🍁 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚 🍁
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"Machine" Gun Kelly Probably NEVER Said "Don't Shoot, G-Men!", And He Wasn't All That He Seemed
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Did Richard Kuklinski Really Murder 250 People? | Did He Play A Role In The All-Time Greatest Hits?
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Roberto Suarez Gomez reigned from power and wealth and still paved the way for Pablo Escobar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugCFESv33PY&list=PL-Pnh3i3GQMb3zitN0og833hJFWf0LWpc&index=8

Secrets, power, and brutality: Explore the Yakuza empire under the iron fist of Kazuo Taoka - Part 1

Secrets, power, and brutality: Explore the Yakuza empire under the iron fist of Kazuo Taoka - Part 1
 
Japanese gangsters, members of what are formally called bōryokudan (“violence groups”), or Mafia-like criminal organizations. In Japan and elsewhere, especially in the West, the term yakuza can be used to refer to individual gangsters or criminals as well as to their organized groups and to Japanese organized crime in general. Yakuza adopt samurai-like rituals and often bear elaborate body tattoos. They engage in extortion, blackmail, smuggling, prostitution, drug trafficking, gambling, loan sharking, day-labor contracting, and other rackets and control many restaurants, bars, trucking companies, talent agencies, taxi fleets, factories, and other businesses in major Japanese cities. They are also involved in criminal activities worldwide. Taoka Kazuo (born March 28, 1912, Sanshōmura, Japan—died July 30, 1981, Amagasaki) was Japan’s major crime boss (oyabun), who, after World War II, rose to head a giant crime organization, the Yamaguchi-gumi. Though centered in Kōbe, it had interests and affiliates nationwide and consisted of more than 10,000 members (known as yakuza) divided into more than 500 bands. Kazuo Taoka was born to a poor farm family in a village on the island of Shikoku; his father died before Taoka was born, and his mother died when he was four years old. Raised by relatives, he left school in his early teens and in 1929 began associating with yakuza gangs in Kōbe; in the early 1930s he became an apprentice and then a member of Yamaguchi-gumi. During World War II the organization fell apart; Taoka restored it in the postwar years and made it into a giant cartel, dealing in extortion, labor racketeering, gambling, prostitution, loansharking, smuggling, show business, and other enterprises both legal and illegal. Ideologically he was ultra-rightist and ultra-nationalistic.
 
⏳𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐎 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒 ⏳
00:00 – Intro
10:16 – An introduction into the Yakuza
14:11 – The big syndicates of the Yakuza
32:38 – Yakuza key words
37:36 – Hariucki Yamaguchi
42:43 – An introduction to Kazuo Taoka
 
Links:
https://www.reddit.com/r/yakuzagames/comments/1ckcz2x/glossary_of_the_yakuza/
 
🍁 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚 🍁
🔔 For collaboration or promotion opportunities:
Email: danatruppianamobtimes@gmail.com
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Your source for the life and history of infamous gangsters ... and some other stuff, too. Your go-to resource for information on famous gangsters' lives and histories, as well as other things.
 
🎥𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚'𝐬 𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐎𝐒🎥
Omar Portee became an informant BEFORE building a criminal empire!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuJdTc-aIfs
The mafia killed Theodore Roe for trying 2 keep the Policy Racket in the African American community
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zESVOySsQRM
Billy Donahue's murder has gone unsolved for 8 years!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yNSGeECVc0

Stefano Magaddino went out with a bang! Final Part 6

Stefano Magaddino went out with a bang! Final Part 6
Before watching the final episode, go back and watch the entire series below:
 
Stefano Magaddino was born to be a gangster - Part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMro94KA3x8
Stefano Magaddino led the Good Killers until Fontana took them down! - Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9eHIEf0Uds
Stefano Magaddino's role in the Castellammarese War - Part 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qb7s7j69Ljk
Stefano Magaddino helped shape the mafia as we know it – Part 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbVRsBVeORA
The Shadow Boss of Buffalo: Stefano Magaddino's Reign Over the Mafia Empire - Part 5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20OZ1tT1BT8
 
For fifty years, Magaddino was a dominant presence in the Buffalo underworld. He was the longest tenured boss in the history of the American Mafia. Magaddino was also involved in national La Cosa Nostra affairs. Magaddino was a charter member of Charles "Lucky" Luciano's Mafia Commission and attended important underworld summits such as the 1946 Havana Conference and the 1957 Apalachin Conference. It is believed Magaddino, along with Antonio and Johnny Papalia played a role in notorious Hamilton bootlegger Rocco Perri's disappearance in 1944, to gain more Canadian market control. Although fairly popular, Magaddino had enemies and survived several assassination attempts. In 1936, rival gangsters attempted to kill Magaddino with a bomb, killing his sister instead. In 1958, an assassin tossed a hand grenade through his kitchen window, which failed to explode. This second attempt on his life was said to be directed by mobsters who blamed Magaddino for the failed Apalachin Meeting, which was raided by New York State Police. Magaddino had never spent any significant time in prison, but in 1968, he and his son Peter were arrested and charged with interstate bookmaking. A raid on his son's home in Niagara Falls led to the discovery of approximately $473,134 in a suitcase. This created great animosity between the Buffalo family members and the Magaddinos, and led to a breakdown of their cooperation concerning criminal activities. The Buffalo family split into dissident factions; the leaders met in Rochester at the end of 1968, and by early 1969 ousted Magaddino as boss, leaving him to lead a faction made up of his once powerful in-laws and older crime family members, from 1969 until he died several years later. Stefano Magaddino died of a heart attack on July 19, 1974 at age 82 at Mount Saint Mary's Hospital in Lewiston, New York. His funeral mass was celebrated at St. Joseph's Roman Catholic church and he was buried in St. Joseph's Cemetery on Pine Avenue in Niagara Falls.
 
⏳𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐎 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒 ⏳
00:00 – Intro
05:40 – Recap on the series
13:00 – The Apalachin Meeting
14:01 – The French Connection
16:09 – End of recap, more on the Papalia-Agueci Network
23:11 - *TRIGGER WARNING* skip this chapter if you do not do well with explicit reiterations of crimes
25:08 – End of trigger warning, back to Alberto Agueci
27:21 – Fred Randaccio takes over Buffalo 28:44 – Stefano Magaddino’s paranoia
31:09 – The fake Stefano Magaddino v Joseph Bonanno feud
37:28 – Magaddino’s role in the mafia 40:17 – Charges start coming down
47:08 – Tullah Hanley
54:26 – The charges came until the end
 
🍁 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚 🍁
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🎥𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚'𝐬 𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐎𝐒🎥
Big Ang Lonardo - My first informant! He may have flipped at the end, but he had a hell of a ride!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wltuae7f5q8
The most famous Hero-Gone-Wrong to ever hit American tabloids! OJ Simpson Part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgyQEr3U3-4
Joseph Bonanno-creator of the Bonanno family, Maranzano's number 2 and started the Banana Wars Carlo Gambino - The most requested deep dive series - Part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPreB1NsRP0

The Shadow Boss of Buffalo: Stefano Magaddino's Reign Over the Mafia Empire - Part 5

The Shadow Boss of Buffalo: Stefano Magaddino's Reign Over the Mafia Empire
Before watching, watch the previous parts here:
Stefano Magaddino was born to be a gangster - Part 1
• https://youtu.be/TMro94KA3x8?si=iWXBChi_NeudsudU
Stefano Magaddino led the Good Killers until Fontana took them down! - Part 2
• https://youtu.be/t9eHIEf0Uds?si=dUl6l8H1bU7wQG61
Stefano Magaddino's role in the Castellammarese War - Part 3
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMro94KA3x8
Stefano Magaddino helped shape the mafia as we know it – Part 4
https://youtu.be/VbVRsBVeORA?si=0K_3zK678TTe6fYE
 
Although he operated a legitimate funeral home business in Niagara Falls, New York, the Magaddino Memorial Chapel, with Prohibition in effect in the United States, Maggadino made his real money running a profitable bootlegging business by smuggling wine and spirits across the Niagara River into New York State, thereby supplying the needs of speakeasies located in Buffalo and the very "Honky-tonk" Niagara Falls. After Prohibition ended, Magaddino and his crime family made their money by means of loan sharking, illegal gambling, extortion, carjacking and labor racketeering, as well as other legitimate lucrative businesses such as linen service businesses that served the needs of most of the hotels located throughout the region, taxicab companies, and other service-oriented businesses. Magaddino's crime family held power in the underworld territories of Upstate and Western New York, namely, Buffalo, New York, bordering Canada and situated on Lake Erie, Rochester and Utica, along the Mohawk River as far east as Amsterdam, New York; from Eastern Pennsylvania as far west as Youngstown, Ohio, and in Canada from Fort Erie (opposite Buffalo) to Toronto, Ontario and as far east as Montreal, Quebec. By the 1960s, it was reported that Magaddino's crime syndicate supplied drugs to the Canadian cities of Hamilton and Guelph, which in turn supplied drugs to Toronto. Magaddino led his Buffalo family through its glory years and its most powerful and profitable era. He was an old-style boss who preferred to stay in the background and not draw any attention to himself or his criminal activities if possible. Due to his territory's remoteness yet the vast amount of it he controlled and being geographically insulated from the inter-family squabbles of the New York City-based families, he was held in high regard and was at times called upon to be an arbiter involving territorial disputes between crime families based there
 
⏳𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐎 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒 ⏳
00:00 – Intro & recap
07:00 – What really happened on the “Night of the Sicilian Vespers”
16:59 – Joe DiCarlo and his short stint as Underboss of the Buffalo Crime Family
19:20 – John Montana
20:12 – Joe Bonanno and Stefano Magaddino
21:16 – The Appalachian meeting
26:33 – The Papalia – Agueci Network
 
🍁 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚 🍁
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Carmine Galante - He dared them to kill him!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ft-cCb7Vbqc
Joe "The Boss" Masseria - Betrayed by his own men, one half of the Castellammarese war, and he lost!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5FqzaGMx9s
Joseph DiCarlo | Joseph Dicarlo Buffalo Mafia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3IsZI-Czis
Gaspar Milazzo And His Impact On The Detroit Syndicate And The Castellammarese War | Dana Truppiana
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkNd75vdN9k
 

Stefano Magaddino helped shape the mafia as we know it – Part 4

Stefano Magaddino helped shape the mafia as we know it – Part 4
 
Before watching, watch the previous parts here:
Stefano Magaddino was born to be a gangster - Part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMro94KA3x8
Stefano Magaddino led the Good Killers until Fontana took them down! - Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9eHIEf0Uds
Stefano Magaddino's role in the Castellammarese War - Part 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qb7s7j69Ljk
 
Magaddino was born in Sicily on October 10, 1891. Both of his grandfathers had been leaders of separate factions of the Sicilian Mafia. He eventually moved to the United States, lived in New York City and joined the family business. However, in 1921 he was arrested for participation in a revenge killing in New Jersey. Fearing retaliation, Magaddino fled upstate to Buffalo.
 
⏳𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐎 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒 ⏳
00:00 – Intro
01:37 – Last Episode Recap
05:45 – Prohibition
08:33 – Stefano Magaddino’s personal life & family
10:42 – Building Magaddino’s family & his mafia family in Buffalo
22:51 – The Castellammarese War
49:00 – The death of Gaspar Milazzo
54:33 – The origins of the Bonanno family
 
🍁 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚 🍁
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Email: danatruppianamobtimes@gmail.com
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🎥𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚'𝐬 𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐎𝐒🎥
Lucky Luciano-Stabbed and dumped in SI, helped US win WWII and lived to create the American Mafia!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65BASz8-ahI
Al Capone ran Chicagos underworld successfully until two things took him out | Syphilis and taxes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdUeYMF0WPg
Joe "The Boss" Masseria - Betrayed by his own men, one half of the Castellammarese war, and he lost!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5FqzaGMx9s
Joseph "Big Joe" Lonardo - How his death led to the historic Sugar Wars!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nggkLAVw61o
Big Ang Lonardo - My first informant! He may have flipped at the end, but he had a hell of a ride!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wltuae7f5q8
Joseph DiCarlo | Joseph Dicarlo Buffalo Mafia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3IsZI-Czis
Gaspar Milazzo And His Impact On The Detroit Syndicate And The Castellammarese War | Dana Truppiana
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkNd75vdN9k