BMF: The Rise and Fall of Big Meech and the Black Mafia Family

This is an interesting book about the Black Mafia Family led by the Flenory brothers Big Meech & Southwest "T". BMF were large and in charge of the streets & the drug game. The BMF crew was feared and respected in the streets every where they went. Spread out over many states the brothers each developed their own crime crews. Crews that ended up having two different views on how to live life while pushing drugs accross the country. Big Meech rolled with a crew deep in numbers that was admired for spending money like it grew on trees and partied like there would be no tomorrow. Big Meech had a crew that was ruthless, arrogant and powerful. The arrogance and attention seeking crew eventual would attract unwanted law enforcement attention. Southwest "T" attempted to keep his crew low key but that is tough when your playing in the drug game. Law enforcement eventual wins out taking down the many members of the BMF to end an unbelievable run for the Flenory brothers as big time drug king pins.

This was an excellent read. The work by the various law enforcement agencies was thorough and complete. It's amazing to me how these guys think that their over-the-top ostentaciousness, the expensive jewelry, large houses, excess partying, and top of the line cars etc., all purchased with unverifiable incomes would remain under the law enforcement radar forever. The wiretappings of the kingpins voices as well as the number of bodies attached to members of this crew were sure signs of pending disaster. This saga reminds me of HBO's "The Wire" except on a larger scale. Because of the number of characters and the depths of the events, this work must be made into a TV series or a 3-part movie at least to capture the totality of BMF. Overall, I give this an A+.

An excellent examination into a drug syndicate so large and so organized that it took many years and many law enforcement man hours to amass enough evidence to take Big Meech (Demetrius Flenory) and his brother (Terry Flenory) down. Living in the suburbs of Atlanta, I had no idea of just how much of the BMF machine was operating in Atlanta. Also somewhat amazing is the the length of time the BMF cocaine cartel sustained itself in Atlanta and other cities such as Detroit and Los Angeles before coming to an end.With a chronological treatment, Shalhoup will place you amongst the major players of the Black Mafia Family; providing insight into the BMF lifestyle which includes extravagant parties, numerous homes and expensive jewelry & cars. Details of the criminal activity, the familial strife, and Big Meech's foray into the hip-hop entertainment business, all provide the necessary momentum to create the `Rise' and eventual `Fall' of the Black Mafia Family.This book was recommended by a friend and as soon as I finished reading it I passed my copy on to someone else who wanted to read it..... a testament to the interest in the BMF story.

Living in Atlanta and going out to the club a lot during this time I save a lot of BMF member partying at a number of club especially since some of my cousin use to run with them. I remember seeing them a lot at one of my favorite clubs when it was still opened called Visions. Your would see them pull up in a number of high end and expensive vehicles and or a BMF tour bus. I never meet Meech myself personally but I have seen him at Visions a number of times with no less than 50 or more BMF crew members as well as a bunch of some of the most beautiful and sexy women you ever seen. This book was very entertaining and I wasn't surprised much about what I read in the book since the street already rumored pretty much how they got their money but the details of the extent and the amount was pretty surprising.

My jaw dropped throughout this book. I couldn't believe what I learned about Big Meech and his brother, Terry, and the BMF family. I was so engulfed in this story, it read like a good episode of Law & Order, which I'm a huge fan, and I could NOT put this book down. This book was appropriately named, The Rise and Fall, and I tell ya, when they fell, it was pretty damn hard. I hear now that Big Meech, from inside his prison walls, is planning to do a reality show. That's pretty damn good to do, if the rumors are true. There are several entertainers tied to this mafia family, one being Young Jeezy. Learned a great many things about the cocaine world and trafficking. It's a shame these brothers didn't put that business savvy to proper legal use, but this was the life they chose, and so they have to live it. A great read! Caution: If you have a hard time following detailed drama shows, then you will be lost reading this book. It does tend to move all over the place, and you have to stay right there until the bitter end! [...]

After watching several documentaries about the Flemish brothers, I wanted to read the book to learn more. This book is very informative, and I enjoyed it.

Definitely would recommend this book and getting it from Amazon once shipped and delivered that was the only issue delivery is very slow even with prime however would recommend the book

The plot was fascinating but in my opinion the writing was not that great. The author switched topics and jumped from character to character so quickly throughout the book I had a hard time knowing who was who. She did not do a great job of dovetailing everything. I often found myself going back to previous chapters to find references to correlate everything. This is a gritty story and written in it's rawest form would have been fine...but it seemed like the author was using big words just to use them. It was almost as she put more into the writing than the actual story- if that makes sense. I love a good book and this was such a great story to tell but the way it was told kept it from being the page turner it could have been if someone else had written it.

Incredible book very accurate. Based of court documents.

Great delivery and excellent read, couldn't ask for better!

Downloaded the digital copy, won't load so can't read it.

This book here is just a story meech and his brother need to write his own book in his own words

Received today, bought book as new but book was covered in paint when it came and some pages are stained