Your Black World reports.
Interscope records has had to answer questions about its connections to the drug dealing empire of James “Jimmy Henchmen” Rosemond. The company distributes the music of Lady Gaga, Dr. Dre and other major artists. It was also allegedly used as part of a drug trafficking ring, according to federal prosecutors.
Rosemond, who was a music-industry manager affiliated with Interscope, was indicted in June on drug trafficking charges. His lawyer, Jeffrey Lichtman, has denied the charges against him.
The letter from federal prosecutors does not allege that Interscope employees knew of the activities going on within the company. They do allege that between January 2010 and June 2011, Rosemond’s people used “road cases” for musical equipment to ship cocaine from Los Angeles to New York. The packages were then sent back across the country filled with cash instead of drugs.
Interscope issued a statement in response to the allegations:
"The information being reported in the press regarding Interscope Records' involvement with the ongoing criminal prosecution of James Rosemond is both erroneous and completely unsupported."
"Interscope Records has been informed by the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York that there is no evidence that any employee of UMG or Interscope Records had any involvement in the drug trafficking ring being prosecuted by that office, nor any knowledge of the contents of any of the packages that were purportedly shipped to its offices."
