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DJ Drama, Employees Arrested for Racketeering

Wednesday, January 17, 2007
By: Kenny Rodriguez


Dj DramaDJ Drama and several affiliates were arrested during a raid in Atlanta, GA, yesterday, which according to police reports, lead to the confiscation of almost 50,000 bootleg CDs.

DJ Drama, born Tyree Simmons, and 17 members of the Aphilliates Music Group were taken into custody when the Fulton County Swat Team raided their offices in downtown Atlanta.

According to authorities, the search sought after only DJ Drama, 28, and DJ Don Cannon, 27, who were both charged with racketeering. They are being held at the Fulton County jail without bond.

“These guys are actively advertising online,” said Matthew Kilgo of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), which heavily supports anti-piracy laws in the music industry.

“They’ve got a website that they’re advertising from, that’s where you place your orders and that’s how the orders are shipped out.”

“Statistics also show that you can make up to a 90% profit just off the resale of counterfeit CDs. So there’s huge money to be made in it, and there’s no stigma attached to purchasing it.”

In addition to the CDs, which were taken as evidence and will later be destroyed, police also seized computers, recording equipment, and several cars.

Meanwhile, all links to mixtapes on the Aphilliates Music Group website (www.theaphilliates.com) have been removed.

In previous interviews, DJ Drama has denied selling bootleg material and insisted that all his CDs are legit recordings.




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Anything they can do to take a black man down,that whats going on,that man aint selling no poison,any time a brother get up out the hood,you better have your paper work rite,cuz them boi's will be to halla-street -weight gangsta 4 lyfe!!!!!!
Posted by street weight entainment
This is a huge blow to the hip hop industry this means war i hope they know that our opressors still live today in that racist judicial system they're scared of what they cant control
Posted by proffasee
the "system" should not be allowed to profit from hip-hop in any form or fashion. To be on a mixtape is an honor to the artist... To have it copied and sold on the street may hurt sales, but that's "distribution" money, (on the count of the company doing the distributing); the artist mostly makes his/her money grindin' on shows and independant effort outside of the "distribution" deal.
Posted by Huey P. Newton
Mr. Rodiquez do your home work, and check your facts. This is simply irresponsible "journalism" (if you wish to call this "rumor mill" type article that). First of all, dj drama was not held without bond, further more he was released on his own. Secondly, to report that anything will be detroyed is rediculous. That have to prove that they have a case, which they don't, before that could ever happen. There is nothing counterfeit about what drama produces. Drama works with the record labels, and the artists themselves, to produce the mixtapes. So, i guess under federal law that would make the record labels and artists a part of the "conspiracy" to defraud themselves. Maybe initially(not really sure), the .theaphilliates website was down, but strangely enough i was able to go there today; and they have not even settled the case. Just another example of how wrong you and the riaa are. If it was so counterfeit, they would have shut down the website for good. Dj drama is the reason t.i., young jeezy, and lil wayne are big time now. Without drama, people would be like, "who?". Oh yeah, maybe one, maybe even two of the three might have made it, but how long whould it have taken on their own? mr rodriquez, your poor reporting has only served to create false rumors, but as they say in hollywood, "all press, good or bad, is good; cause at least they are talking about you. You all have made dj drama larger than he was, so for that, thank you.
Posted by LadyT
What the F*ck is the problem with selling cds online??
Posted by Marc
How messed up is that? its exactly like the first track of gangsta grillz the album. Aphilliates get raided by the feds. Lol i wonder if the lead investigator takes some gangsta grillz cds and puts them on in his car.
Posted by Trey Vega
"anything they can do to take a black man down" "racist judicial system they're scared of what they cant control " yea always playng the race card dumb nigs, dont make excuses for hood ass n*ggas who arn't smart enough to sh*t legit!
Posted by the streets

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