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Christopher Michael Coke, also known as Dudus [2] (born 13 March 1969), [1] is a convicted Jamaican drug lord and the leader of the Shower Posse, a violent drug gang started by his father Lester Coke in Jamaica, which exported "large quantities" [3] of marijuana and cocaine into the United States.
William Augustus Moore (14 March 1961 – 18 April 2001), better known as Willie Haggart, was a Jamaican gangster, believed to have been an underworld kingpin, and the reputed leader of the Black Roses Crew. [3]
Palmer was later part of the three-member group "Vybz Kartel", keeping the name for himself after the group split up. While still a member of the group, he claims to have written nearly 30 songs, including "Gal Clown". [13] He eventually became a protege of Bounty Killer. Kartel rose to prominence in 2003 after having a string of hit songs in ...
Following the revelation that Prime Minister Golding had sanctioned the initiative for the Jamaica Labour Party to hire US lobbying firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, and his handling of the extradition request for Christopher "Dudus" Coke, members and groups of civil society, church groups and political parties called for his resignation.
The single "Want You Back" reached #1 on the Jamaica Star ' s reggae/dancehall chart, and the music video for the song reached the #2 position on the MTV2 playlist. The song also won "Song of the Year" at the 1999 Reggae/Soca Music Awards. Melody also won the "Best Male Vocalist International" award at the 12th annual Tamika Reggae Awards.
Lester Lloyd Coke, commonly known as Jim Brown, [2] was a Jamaican drug lord and the founder of the Shower Posse, a gang based out of the Tivoli Gardens [3] garrison community in West Kingston. Coke was identified by the Netflix documentary ReMastered: Who Shot the Sheriff ? as present and a party to the shooting of Bob Marley on 3 December 1976.
He is the youngest son of drug lord Lester Lloyd Coke whose extradition had also, prior to his 1992 death in a Jamaican prison cell, been requested by the U.S. [46] Until the younger Coke's handover to U.S. forces on 24 June 2010, [citation needed] "Dudus" served as the de facto leader of Tivoli Gardens in the city of Kingston; [46] prior to ...
The song "Second Round K.O.", produced by Wyclef Jean, was a success, with the video featuring Wyclef and a cameo appearance by boxer Mike Tyson. This song formed part of Canibus' famous beef with LL Cool J. The album contained a lot of socially-conscious material, such as corruption within the U.S. government, AIDS, and violence in modern America.