Large U was captured on authorities wiretaps freely confessing to bodily violence and extortion, in accordance with eruptive court docket information unsealed on Wednesday (March 19) in Los Angeles.
Eugene “Massive U” Henley Jr., 58, a well-liked quantity in South L.A.’s Hip-Hop scene and very long time chief of the Rollin’ 60s Space Crips, faces federal racketeering charges alleging he ran a criminal organization responsible for murder, fraud, extortion and human trafficking.
Federal district attorneys uncovered damning wiretap recordings of Massive U’s phone name.
In a single obstructed cellphone name from 2023, Large U candidly specified, “Can’t no n #### beef with me, n ####. Set off if he do, I am a kill him. Period. I. Am. Going. To. Homicide. Him.”
One other December 31, 2022, videotaping caught Massive U clarifying his fierce observe file.
” What you males see on-line, y’ all keep listening to different people that shouldn’t have completely nothing to discuss nonetheless market. Permit me make clear one thing to you. If I would definitely’ve had a hassle with any form of male, shade, creed, king, or sort, the priority would definitely’ve been fastened, and he wouldn’t be proper right here, or I’d not be proper right here. It ain’t no teenager nothin’. And it rattling close to nobody that remained on this muthafucka longer than me, can stand versus me, and me be that I’m. If I had a hassle with any form of male and this could not be so amusing to me. I am nonetheless that they state I’m.”
In a further contact April 23, 2023, Large U denied instances of retired life from the Rollin’ ’60s gang he’s charged of main.
” I am retired, n ####? Protestor? I will carry up in your block at the moment, n ####, and seem and reveal out, n ####. That is what occurred to the final n ##### that assumed I used to be retired.”
The FBI investigation, launched in 2021, uncovered Massive U’s claimed administration of the “Massive U Enterprise,” known as a mafia-style firm leveraging his decades-long affiliation with the Rollin’ 60s gang.
Authorities state the enterprise participated in a wide range of felony actions, consisting of homicide, housebreaking, fraudulence plans and human trafficking.
One particularly ruthless accusation entails the January 2021 homicide of a hopeful rap artist acknowledged simply as “R.W.”
Courtroom information point out Massive U presumably fired the sufferer within the face close to Las Las vega after the rap artist taped an ill-mannered observe centered on Massive U.
Prosecutors likewise implicate Massive U of ripping off contributors to his not-for-profit, Creating Decisions, which supposedly provided anti-gang applications for younger folks.
Relatively, authorities declare he embezzled contributions from stars and NBA avid gamers, channeling the money straight proper into his particular person accounts.
Whereas 2 claimed accomplices, Sylvester “Vey” Robinson and Mark “Bear Claw” Martin, had been detained at the moment, Massive U continues to be at massive.
Federal authorities validated he has but to surrender and is presently thought of a fugitive from justice since March 19.
