Nas - Queens Story (Official Video)

Rest in peace to Black Just
Riding through Jamaica, Queens in his black truck
Timbs was 40 below, waves to the side of his dome
Definition of good ? , yo



He ran a popular boxing program in Queens that was financed by the powerful Supreme Team drug gang(same one 50 boxed at)




I hung with E-Money, too, the ? truth



McGRIFF’s new enterprise used deadly violence against its rivals. For example, the government’s evidence established that McGRIFF paid a team of hitmen based in Harlem, New York, to shoot and murder aspiring rap artist Eric Smith, also known as “E. Money Bags,” in Queens, New York, on July 16, 2001, in retaliation for Smith’s suspected involvement in a shoot-out that resulted in the death of a McGRIFF associate, Colbert Johnson, also known as “Black Just,” eighteen months earlier. The hitmen shot Smith 11 times, at point-blank range, as he sat in his parked truck attending a neighborhood barbeque. The government also proved that on October 21, 2001, McGRIFF’s hired killers gunned down and murdered Troy Singleton, a close associate of Smith, to prevent him from retaliating against McGRIFF. The shooters fired multiple shots at close range, striking Singleton in the head, and continued to fire another seven shots as he lay wounded on the ground.



? with Stretch from Live Squad
I could've died the same night that Stretch died
I just got out of his ride
He dropped me off and drove to Springfield
November thirtieth, another Queens king killed
It ? me up, y'all





November 1995, Stretch was killed after being shot four times in the back by three men who pulled up alongside his green minivan at 112th Ave. and 209th St. in Queens Village, while he was driving. His minivan smashed into a tree and hit a parked car before flipping over. Stretch was killed exactly one year (almost to the minute) after 2pac's 1994 Quad Studio shooting, and many people believe that Stretch was killed as a form of retaliation


Bebo Posse reincarnated through me, probably




Howard "Pappy" Mason and his gang, The Bebos


Mason is a particularly iconic figure for Nas, having been mentioned on at least four songs throughout the rapper's career. Pappy was the muscle behind Nichols' gang, and enterprisingly set up his own drug smuggling gang as well called the Bebos, which was separate from Cat's organization. He was responsible for the notorious 1989 murder of police officer Edward Byrne, which was the act that increased law enforcement heat to the point where he was soon caught and sentenced to life.


Mouth shining, Eddie's gold caps all up in the dental




Eddie Plein, the godfather of grills, is credited with kick-starting the trend for gold teeth in Hip Hop.He opened his first store in Queens back in the 80s, making custom fronts for trend-setters like Just Ice and Flavor Flav. In the 90s he moved to Atlanta and brought removable grills to the South.Eddie also made the fronts that Nas is wearing in the video for “Thief’s Theme”


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