 the supreme team was an african-american crack cocaine gang that operated throughout the 1980s in new york city. their headquarters was in a south jamaica, queens housing project known as the baisley park houses.24 arrested on drug charges in old gang's queens territory, new york times april 10, 1998 however they controlled a huge chunk of the entire city itself, including harlem. the leader was kenneth "supreme" mcgriff and his nephew, gerald "prince" miller. in 1989, the team was disbanded, and mcgriff spent 10 years in a federal prison for a narcotics conviction.narcotics probe targets rap's murder inc, cnn.com april 10, 2003 mcgriff was depicted in 50 cent's film get rich or die tryin', as the character majestic. in february 2007, mcgriff was convicted in federal court of racketeering, two murder-for-hire homicides, narcotics trafficking, and engaging in illegal financial transactions with drug money. although facing the death penalty for this conviction, he was ultimately sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.http://www.justice.gov/usao/nye/pr/2007/2007mar09b.html ==federal case against the supreme team== on august 16, 1996 in a case against members of the "supreme team" their operation and a number of alleged crimes were documented in the case file. case file can be found at  ==gang structure and operations== the supreme team was a street gang organized in the early 1980s in the vicinity of the baisley park houses in jamaica, queens, new york, by a group of teenagers who were members of the five percent nation. under the leadership of kenneth "supreme" mcgriff, with miller, his nephew, as second-in-command, the gang concentrated its criminal efforts on the widespread distribution of crack cocaine. at
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