Demetrius “Big Meech” Flenory, the convicted drug dealer and money laundering kingpin who was involved in the early careers of rappers Jeezy and TI in the 2000s through his record label BMF Entertainment, has been released from prison. Bulletin board has confirmed.
Flenory, who was sentenced to 30 years in prison in 2008 after being convicted of multiple counts of criminal conspiracy and money laundering for his involvement in the Black Mafia crime family, was released from a Florida prison on October 15 but must to serve the remainder of his sentence (which was reduced from 360 to 292 months during his incarceration) in a halfway house. Its projected halfway house release date is January 27, 2026, after which it will be subject to supervised release.
TMZ was the first to report the news.
The Black Mafia Family began in Detroit in the mid-1980s and operated for about 20 years before being busted by the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) in 2005 when Flenory, his brother Terry Flenory and more than 100 co-conspirators he was arrested and charged with a multitude of crimes. In court documents, Flenory was described as “the leader of a massive multi-state drug-trafficking operation with an extensive criminal history, including prior drug, weapons and assault convictions.”
The gang's rise and fall has most recently been chronicled in the ongoing 50 Cent-produced Starz series BMF, in which Flenory's son, Demetrius Flenory Jr., was cast as his father.
Among those commenting on the news of Flenory's release was rapper Sexyy Red, who he tweeted Wednesday (October 16), “Where da welcome home party @ I'm trona perform for da freeski.” Boosie Badazz also celebrated on the same day tweeting“WELCOME BACK #BIGMEECH #LEGEND.” And on Thursday (October 17) NBA superstar LeBron James he tweeted“Welcome home Big Meech!!”.
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