Before the world made room for women, women like Alberta Green and Madam St. Clair made their own damn room.
In the brutal streets of the early 1930s, during Prohibition, these women stepped into the gambling underworld and built fortunes in a game controlled largely by men.
And for Black women—living under racism, sexism, and relentless social suppression—the odds were stacked even higher.
Rapper Lil Durk is the stage name of Derrick ‘Durk’ Banks, a Chicago native from the Englewood area.
His melodic rap style and songs about his life, relationships, street experiences, and losses is how he became prominent through Chicago’s drill scene before developing into a major mainstream hip-hop artist.
Although Lil Durk has also had major legal issues, including a current federal case, his legal situation is separate from his father’s history.
His father, Devontay ‘Big Durk’ Banks, was involved in Chicago’s drug trade in the early 1990s and was eventually sentenced to life in federal prison. He knew and was mentored by Larry Hoover.
According to Fox 5 ATLANTA, Gardiner has already served 18 years for a prior drug conviction. Due to the repeated offense it’s likely this time will be greater. Allegedly.
The Brief
Federal prosecutors indicted a 58-year-old Bahamian man in Atlanta following his rescue from an Atlantic Ocean plane crash.
Authorities allege Jonathan Eric Gardiner supplied thousands of kilograms of cocaine into the Atlanta area for years.
Gardiner now faces federal drug importation and conspiracy charges while currently held in U.S. Marshals custody.
Fox 5 Atlanta — A Bahamian man faces federal drug trafficking charges in Atlanta after U.S. officials rescued him from an Atlantic Ocean plane crash, federal prosecutors announced.
What we know:
Federal authorities unsealed an indictment charging 58-year-old Jonathan Eric Gardiner, also known as “Player,” with conspiracy to import controlled substances and conspiracy to distribute them, according to state prosecutors.
Gardiner allegedly operated from The Bahamas, supplying massive cocaine shipments to organizations in the Northern District of Georgia from approximately December 2022 to May 2026.
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