Chambers Brothers (gang)
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The Chambers Brothers were a criminal organization heavily involved in the distribution of crack cocaine
in the city of Detroit, Michigan
during the 1980s. The brothers became notorious nationally when the Detroit Police Department
confiscated video tapes of the brothers counting their laundry baskets full of money, and flaunting their excessive wealth.
, by Jeffry Scott Hansen, the street gang The Six-Mile Syndicate, is based loosely on the Chambers Brothers Gang. In the 1991 film New Jack City
, the character Nino Brown is largely based on the real life Detroit gang The Chambers Brothers. Nino had also made a name for the group as "Cash Money Brothers". Also, The Chambers Brothers and family members Randy Bridgeforth, Terrance Stewart, Damion "D.D." Bridgeforth, & Anthony King, were known for having their own apartment building to move their drugs on E. Ferry Street in Detroit; in New Jack City
it was known as "The Carter".
Crack cocaine
Crack cocaine is the freebase form of cocaine that can be smoked. It may also be termed rock, hard, iron, cavvy, base, or just crack; it is the most addictive form of cocaine. Crack rocks offer a short but intense high to smokers...
in the city of Detroit, Michigan
Detroit, Michigan
Detroit is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people. As the seat of Wayne County, the city of Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and serves as a major port on the Detroit River...
during the 1980s. The brothers became notorious nationally when the Detroit Police Department
Detroit Police Department
The Detroit Police Department , established in 1865, is responsible for the city of Detroit, Michigan.-History:The Detroit Police Department was established in 1865 to serve the city's growing population and covers the city with 5 districts and two precincts. The Detroit Police Department was also...
confiscated video tapes of the brothers counting their laundry baskets full of money, and flaunting their excessive wealth.
Cultural effects
In the novel WarpathWarpath (novel)
Warpath is a 2003 novel ,the second book by American author Jeffry Scott Hansen, published by Spectre Publishing, and set in Detroit, Michigan....
, by Jeffry Scott Hansen, the street gang The Six-Mile Syndicate, is based loosely on the Chambers Brothers Gang. In the 1991 film New Jack City
New Jack City
New Jack City is a 1991 crime film starring Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, Mario Van Peebles, Judd Nelson, and Chris Rock. Snipes stars as Nino Brown, a rising drug dealer and crime lord in New York City during the crack epidemic...
, the character Nino Brown is largely based on the real life Detroit gang The Chambers Brothers. Nino had also made a name for the group as "Cash Money Brothers". Also, The Chambers Brothers and family members Randy Bridgeforth, Terrance Stewart, Damion "D.D." Bridgeforth, & Anthony King, were known for having their own apartment building to move their drugs on E. Ferry Street in Detroit; in New Jack City
New Jack City
New Jack City is a 1991 crime film starring Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, Mario Van Peebles, Judd Nelson, and Chris Rock. Snipes stars as Nino Brown, a rising drug dealer and crime lord in New York City during the crack epidemic...
it was known as "The Carter".
External links
- B.E.T.'s American GangsterAmerican Gangster (TV series)American Gangster is a documentary television series, which airs on BET. The show features some of black America's most infamous and powerful gangsters. It is narrated by Ving Rhames. The series premiered on November 28, 2006, with this episode amassing around one million viewers. The first season...
first aired on January 9, 2007, American Gangster: The Chambers Brothers. - "American Gangster: The Chambers Brothers & The Crack Commandments" by Alan Kurtz (BlogcriticsBlogcriticsBlogcritics is a blog network and online magazine of news and opinion. The site—a self-proclaimed "sinister cabal of superior writers"—was founded in 2002 by Eric Olsen and Phillip Winn...
) - Time magazine article from 1988 describing the gang. TIME: I'm going to Detroit! chambers L.L.L:
- Land of Opportunity: One Family's Quest for the American Dream in the Age of Crack, Adler, William M. http://www.amazon.com/dp/0871135930.