![]() ![]() © 2023 Corus Radio, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc. The Mob and music: Have i got some stories for you… ![]() Businesses, careers, and lives were ruined. The money came from shakedowns, skims, theft of copyright, counterfeiting, and fraudulent bookkeeping. As soon as crime families began to evolve, consolidate, and exercise power in the late 1800s, hooks were put into performers, composers, venues, and later, record labels. The mob has been involved in music almost since the beginning. And there are mobsters who are fans of the music industry. I mean, just look at the stories involving Vegas and Atlantic City. One thing that I didn’t include on that list is the entertainment industry. Whether you call it The Mob, the Mafia, the Costa Nostra, or “this thing of ours,” these groups, these families are close to the action in some way.Ĭonstruction, drugs, alcohol, prostitution, protection rackets, gambling, loan sharking, tax fraud, stock manipulation, corruption of public officials, porn-you name it and there’s a boss and a family that’s looking for a taste if not for outright control. Pic credit: History Craig Tester joked that they should have had Brian in years ago, as he would have saved. If there’s money to be made, chances are organized crime will want a piece of it. Brian Pharoah said Nolan’s cross points to the Money Pit at the garden shaft. ![]()
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