FEATURED: “Don Dada: Assessing the Socio-economic and Political Power of Jamaica’s Mafia Bosses” by Damion Keith Blake

Amazon — In Don Dada: Assessing the Socio-economic and Political Power of Jamaica’s Mafia Bosses, Damion Blake takes on a controversial subject: the Jamaican don.

The Jamaican don is a non-state actor, a male figure, usually from the community in which he plays a leadership role, and who wields considerable power and control inside that nation’s garrison communities. Garrisons in Jamaica are poor inner city communities characterized by homogeneous voting patterns for one of Jamaica’s two major political parties: the People’s National Party and the Jamaica Labour Party.

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Rapper Dave East Pays Homage to Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke & The Shower Posse

Rapper Dave East payed homage to Jamaica’s Shower Posse in his latest video for the release, “Unruly.”

In the video, which features reggae artist Popcaan, the Harlem-bred rapper goes to Kingston (Jamaica) & filmed scenes in Tivoli Gardens, home of Jamaica’s notorious crime don, Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke.

Tivoli Enquiry: Bishop Testifies Dudus Coke Was Unarmed When They Met

 

Bishop Herro Blair has testified that drug kingpin Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke was unarmed when they met at his Tivoli Gardens office in May 2010.

When asked how he knew that, the popular elicited laughter at the west Kingston commission of enquiry when he replied: “because of the way I greeted him”.

“You patted (searched) him?” asked chairman of the commission Sir David Simmons.

Blair replied laughing, while demonstrating to the commission how he ran both hands down the drug kingpin’s back.

l said to him ‘can I give you a hug?’

Blair testified that on his way to meet with Coke that day he passed more than 50 men openly carrying handguns.