Yo what's good evil streets family you know how we do we sliding back with another episode shout out to everybody locked in as members and subscribers hitting that play button every single day y'all keep this channel breathing making all this possible if you trying to get your music brand or business pushed hit the email evil streets media at gmail.com we could work something out I see all the cash app love coming through too and for anybody wanting to throw support at the channel pull up to evil streets TV on cash app every dollar goes right back into keeping this moving aight let's dive into this street ish Demetrius Michi Flennery and his little brother Terry Lee Flennery came up hard no sugarcoating it born straight into poverty these two brothers was raised in Detroit right when the crack game was at its ugliest surrounded by street legends and heavy hitters running local drug operations they found their lane quick Demetrius dropped out of school when he was only 16 years old started moving crack on Detroit blocks with his brother by his side they leveled up fast pushing two bricks of cocaine every week by the time they hit their late teens by the late 80s the brothers stretched out their operation Demetrius was making runs down to Atlanta on the regular building connections that would eventually help him lock in a nationwide network his grind was relentless and before long he was laying the groundwork for what would become the Black Mafia Family or BMF a major drug trafficking organization this was just the start of the Flennery brothers climb to power in the drug game Demetrius and Terry Flennery's come up in the drug world was all about calculated moves and solid connections even though they wasn't official members of the PA boys they had strong ties to the gang especially with figures like D'Amone Slim Brantley Reginald the Dude Dansey and Thelman T. Stuck Stucky made them a problem in the streets the PA boys had their hands all in northwest Detroit but their operations were always getting watched by law enforcement which made Demetrius and Terry's connection with them major and helped put them on the DEA's radar by 1988 Demetrius already had a run-in with the law caught a conviction for drug possession that got him two years probation that brush with the law didn't stop the brothers though they kept pushing eventually making a big move to leave the Midwest for California in the mid 90s their goal was straight up cut out the middlemen and get a direct plug to the foreign suppliers which would boost their profits and keep less people in the loop about how deep their operation really ran this move paid off heavy when they linked up with Wayne Wayneyak Joiner a California-based drug trafficker who introduced them to powerful Mexican cartel sources this connection was everything it allowed the Flennery brothers to control a massive and profitable cocaine distribution network that touched multiple states and eventually went coast to coast the Flennery brothers moved smart when it came to expanding their criminal empire and cleaning their drug money Terry got a settlement from a malpractice lawsuit over a botched eye surgery and they used that bread as seed money for a taxi service which they ran to funnel and wash their drug profits this clever play let them hide the real scale of their operations blending in with legit businesses while they kept building their empire in 1994 Demetrius got arrested with a Colombian accomplice on drug charges but the case got tossed cause they didn't have enough evidence a rare slip that didn't slow them down by the mid 80s the brothers had their eyes set beyond Detroit and their influence spread into multiple states including Kentucky Georgia Missouri Texas and California they saw how the drug game in the US was changing and when the Miami boys who had been the main cocaine traffickers in Atlanta got taken down by a wave of federal convictions the Flennery's jumped on the opportunity through smart negotiations with local distributors Demetrius and Terry locked in their position as the new top suppliers of cocaine in Atlanta moving quick to fill the void left by the Miami boys Demetrius himself moved to Atlanta to run operations in the region himself showing his commitment to keeping control and pushing their reach under his leadership the Black Mafia Family started dominating the Southern drug trade making Atlanta one of the key hubs of their criminal enterprise even with multiple arrests and close calls Demetrius Michi Flennery managed to dodge serious prison time throughout his criminal career his ability to slip past real consequences even as his operations grew showed how smart and careful he was moving through the criminal underworld in February 1996 Demetrius caught a case again when he got arrested at the Magic City strip club in Atlanta a known spot for high-profile players he got charged with assault after allegedly throwing a bottle at someone in the club and slashing the person's neck but like a lot of his other run-ins with law enforcement the charges got dropped letting him continue his business operations without interruption the next year in October 1997 undercover US customs agents got into a cocaine transaction involving Flennery associates managing to lock in a $300,000 buy in Michigan that same month ICE agents seized a quarter of a million dollars from other BMF associates during a drug deal in Detroit on top of that Terry Flennery's girlfriend Taneza Lynette Welch had $576,000 in cash taken by California police in Sherman Oaks a serious hit to their financial operations around the same time a suspected BMF member Martez Jackson had $143,221 seized by police in Spawning Georgia despite these incidents the Flennery brothers operations kept expanding a more sinister and low-key incident also went down in late 1997 Demetrius was alleged by the DEA to have been involved in the murder of Dennis Kingsley Walker a federal informant who had once been a cooperating witness for the Flennery's but later betrayed them even though Demetrius was never formally charged it was widely believed that he was the one responsible for the murder which had been an attempt to silence Walker and stop further information from getting to law enforcement this incident triggered a low priority investigation into Demetrius by the DEA though it failed to slow his rise to prominence in 1998 Demetrius Flennery's empire took a hit when he got arrested during a raid on one of his stash houses in Atlanta the charges included felony obstruction and marijuana possession but as usual with Flennery the legal system couldn't keep him down for long he kept operating in the shadows expanding his criminal empire despite the occasional arrest the next year on May 10th 1999 the Flennery brothers took another blow when authorities in Pope County Texas seized 18 kilos of cocaine from their associates that same day Boma Texas police seized $424,190 in cash during the arrest of one of their trusted members Bruce Martin while these busts were major they did little to slow down the brothers operations which were quickly becoming more sophisticated and expansive in 2000 Demetrius got arrested again this time for driving under the influence in California while this incident was a small thing on the radar it coincided with a key shift in the operations of the Flennery organization Terry who had been operating in Detroit for years permanently relocated to Los Angeles to oversee the receipt of cocaine shipments from their Mexican cartel connections with the brothers now operating from two separate locations they effectively split their criminal organization into two halves each one managing a distinct subgroup Demetrius continued to run the East Coast from Atlanta while Terry took control of the West Coast operations from Los Angeles during this time the brothers previously nameless operation started to adopt a more recognizable identity the organization would eventually become known as the Black Mafia Family a name that not only reflected their growing influence but also served as an acronym for Demetrius's nickname Big Meach BMF's reputation started to spread and their reach continued to grow across the United States on December 2nd 2000 law enforcement seized 17 kilos of cocaine during the arrest of a BMF associate in Flagstaff Arizona a few months later on February 5th 2001 Kansas City police confiscated nine kilos of cocaine from another BMF member these seizures were just small pieces of the larger operation that had already started to infiltrate major cities and states across the nation by the early 2000s BMF had grown into a sprawling criminal organization with over 500 members operating across 11 states Georgia California Missouri Florida South Carolina North Carolina Kentucky New York Texas Alabama and Michigan the organization's dominance in the drug trade was fueled by a strategic advantage in the supply chain by securing their cocaine directly from a Mexican cartel for $9,000 per kilo bypassing the usual middlemen BMF could offer distributors a significantly lower price compared to their competitors the BMF price point for wholesale cocaine was set at $17,000 per kilo and the direct connection to Mexico allowed them to provide a product with a purity of 90% making it even more attractive to buyers BMF also marketed their product under the name Hummer which became a highly sought-after brand among street-level dealers and ultimately the users as a result of their competitive pricing and the quality of their product BMF was reportedly selling 600 kilos per month a massive operation generating enormous profits
But the feds was closing in fast by 2005 the DEA and FBI had built an ironclad case against the Flennery brothers years of surveillance wiretaps and informant testimony had documented the full scope of their empire on March 24th 2005 federal agents moved in simultaneously across multiple cities arresting Demetrius Big Meech Flennery and his brother Terry in separate locations it was the end of an era the operation they had built over decades came crashing down in a single day Demetrius faced a mountain of charges including conspiracy to distribute cocaine money laundering and continuing a criminal enterprise he ultimately pleaded guilty and in 2008 was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison Terry received a similar sentence of 20 years they was locked up for real this time no slipping through the cracks no clever lawyers walking them free the price of their empire had finally come due
The legacy of Big Meech and the Black Mafia Family remains one of the most talked about stories in American crime history the brothers went from broke kids in Detroit to building a multimillion dollar drug empire that stretched across the entire nation their story showed both the rise and the inevitable fall that comes with that life they proved they was intelligent business minded operators who understood supply chain logistics marketing and organization but at the end of the day the game caught up to them just like it always does Big Meech's name became synonymous with the lavish lifestyle that came with the drug trade the flashy cars the expensive jewelry the celebrity connections but behind all that glamour was a brutal criminal operation responsible for flooding American streets with cocaine and destroying countless lives their downfall sent shockwaves through the underworld and served as a reminder that no matter how big you get how smart you think you are the federal government eventually comes calling and when they do they coming with all the evidence all the witnesses and all the time they need to take you down permanently Big Meech and Terry Flennery's story is a cautionary tale about the dangers of the fast life a reminder that paper and chains is just two sides of the same coin and once you choose that path there ain't no easy exit that's the real truth of the game ya dig evil streets family thanks for tuning in keep your eyes open stay safe out there and we'll catch you on the next one peace