THE DOSSIER

Growing up on the streets of Brooklyn, Jimmy Ace becomes one of the most feared gangsters in the city. After serving time in Rikers Island, however, Jimmy makes his play to go legit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While entering Quad Studios to meet Jimmy for a recording session, Tupac Shakur is robbed and shot in the lobby. The incident will haunt Jimmy forever and start the infamous East vs West rap war. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

William ‘Bill’ Courtney spent his career investigating street figures and their connection to hip hop. He gives us his perspective from the law enforcement side on James Rosemond, Haitian Jack, Tupac and others involved in the game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Despite being arrested and sent back to prison, James Rosemond continues his rise in the entertainment industry. He reaches the pinnacle after negotiating the Mike Tyson/Lennox Lewis fight and signing his own rap superstar, The Game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After Ethan Brown writes a profile on James Rosemond for Vibe Magazine, he becomes the target of others in the media, most notably Chuck Phillips of the LA Times. These articles will put Rosemond in the crosshairs of law enforcement and Todd Kaminsky. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

James Rosemond is pulled into another rap war, this time involving 50 Cent and The Game. This beef will spiral out of control, eventually involving Rosemond’s family and law enforcement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

US Attorney Todd Kaminsky becomes obsessed with the rap game and Jimmy Henchman, starting his investigation in earnest. He will have an unlikely ally in reporter Chuck Phillips. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As the investigation picks up steam, several of Rosemond’s close friends and associates are targeted by Kaminsky. As the walls close in, Jimmy makes the decision to go on the run. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff Lichtman is one of the best criminal defense attorneys of his generation, once defending El Chapo and John Gotti Jr. He discusses his longtime client Jimmy Rosemond and the lengths prosecutors took to get him thrown off Jimmy’s defense team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Reeling from losing Jeff Lichtman as his attorney, Rosemond scrambles to find a new lawyer who can handle his case. Two former associates of Jimmy go on the record, disputing the government’s narrative of the case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

James Rosemond a.k.a. Jimmy Henchmand, must watch as former friends and allies testify against him in order to avoid jail time. He reflects on the trial and the lack of evidence that was used to convict him Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After being given 7 life sentences on drug charges, the government apparently felt they hadn’t buried James Rosemond far enough beneath the jail. He would soon be indicted on murder for hire charges in the death of G-Unit affiliate Lowell Fletcher. Rosemond & Don Sikorski begin detailing the government’s allegations surrounding Fletcher’s killing.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Before diving deeper into the murder for hire trial, James Rosemond reflects on his life, mentally surviving prison & his unwavering belief that he will one day walkout through those prison gates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bruce Maffeo has been a high profile criminal defense attorney in New York for decades. He was James Rosemond's lawyer in both of the murder for hire trials. He sat down with Don Sikorski to discuss Rosemond's case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bruce Maffeo has been a high profile criminal defense attorney in New York for decades. He was James Rosemond's lawyer in both of the murder for hire trials. Listen to Part 2. of the interview with Don Sikorski and Maffeo discussing Rosemond's case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I have been investigating the case of James Rosemond for six years, through all his federal criminal trials, and in doing a reconciliation of the story, I keep going back to two major points that need explaining and examination. The first is the idea that Jimmy has a harsher sentence than El Chapo, and just put that into context, El Chapo led an organization that imported billions of dollars’ worth of drugs. Rosemond is alleged by the government to have run an organization with five guys, who dabbled in the drug game, El Chapo laundered billions of dollars through American banks, while government at trial never proved or showed evidence that Jimmy laundered any money, it was the exact opposite. So just think about the dichotomy of the federal criminal justice system, and levers of power that has allowed for this to transpire.   The second part that I need to reconcile, is the story behind Jimmy’s pardon by President Donald Trump, and his administration, for that part of the story, I will use a Washington Post article and exclusive audio I recorded with Jimmy around his experience, and what exactly happened from his perspective, the story of the pardon has taken on more importance as it has floated through the appeals court, and the Justice Department has responded to Jimmy’s lawyer.   It is a bizarre epilogue to Jimmy’s story as he remains behind bars currently.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this Bonus Episode, James Rosemond discusses how the government turned friends and allies into weapons against him. He and Don Sikorski also begin breaking down the murder charges he faced after the death of Lowell Fletcher.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today’s episode, we are releasing the Mario Hammonds deposition in its entirety, as he's questioned by Rob Frank, one of the lawyers for Voletta Wallace. Also included in today’s episode, the late Sergio Robleto and Don Sikorski discuss Sikorski’s secret meeting with Hammonds.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After CMM's Don Sikorski is contacted by ex-LAPD Detective Frank Lyga, we take a closer look the facts and rumors surrounding Kevin Gaines. While he’s always been connected to the Biggie murder, was Gaines also involved in the killing of Tupac in Las Vegas? We also check in with RJ Bond, our resident Tupac expert, to get his thoughts on Kevin Gaines. The Dossier II: The Secret Biggie FBI Files, is a production of Criminal Minded Media, Action Park Media & DCP Entertainment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rehashing the day after Biggie was killed is old news, for you maybe it isn’t. What isn’t old news is Chuck Philips’ article on March 10th of 1997. In reading this for the first time with fresh eyes, it’s like staring at a painting in the Louvre for three days, and on the fourth, you find a different pattern. The headline of the article reads “Gangsta Rap Performer Notorious B.I.G. Slain.” Barely 24 hours after the murder of Biggie, the narratives being pushed by the LAPD begin to form through their future mouthpiece – the LA Times & Chuck Philips. The Dossier II: The Secret Biggie FBI Files is a production of Criminal Minded Media, Action Park Media and DCP Entertainment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices