Mob Rule: How Organized Crime Controls Music & Media Today!

This video discusses the connections between organized crime, the music industry, and powerful figures, highlighting how illicit activities are laundered and influence culture.
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The video introduces connections between media companies, organized crime, and intelligence networks.
A lot of the biggest media- Country. companies that were doing this- Not nation. You know, sort of are, have the same, have a lot of connections to the same- It's police. organized crime and really intelligence-linked networks.
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Kai and Nathan begin to delve into the core issues, aiming to connect mob roots, Black music, and the weaponization of culture.
Kai said, "All right, Nathan, now we're really entering the marrow of the matter." Let's dive deeper into what's being illuminated. Dad. And then peel back some layers that Whitney touches, but doesn't fully thread together. Connecting the dots, mob roots, Black music, and the weaponization of culture.
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The video explores how organized crime evolved into corporate power, rebranding mobsters into bankers and philanthropists, creating a pipeline from black market profits to legitimate ventures.
1, organized crime's evolution into corporate power. Whitney Webb rightly notes that organized crime didn't disappear, it simply rebranded. did. The figures once known as mobsters now wear suits as bankers- Yes. record execs, real estate moguls- He's and philanthropists.What Al Melnick and others like him appear to have done is architect a pipeline from black market profits to white collar legitimacy- Here's a tab.
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The video examines the mob's influence on the music industry and its role in controlling Black music through figures like Morris Levy, Clive Davis, Russell Simmons, and Brett Ratner, leading to a narrative hijack.
with media and entertainment as the delivery system. Yeah. This laundering- Everybody's like, "Have network is not just financial- I got the crystals in it though. 2, the mob and the music industry. From Morris Levy, to Clive Davis, to Russell Simmons, and now Ratner, there's a continuity here. Music, particularly Black music, jazz, R&B, hip hop- Let me that out for you, babe. has been controlled and guided by external forces, often white and often with organized crime- Get the or intelligence connections. The effect has been a narrative hijack.