Where is big meech from

He and brother Terry established a large drug organization overseeing multi-kilogram cocaine distribution sells in numerous states.

But in , after a falling out between the brothers, Terry relocated to Los Angeles to run his own operation. Big Meech and Terry's drug network came to a screeching halt in when they were arrested by the Drug Enforcement Agency.

The pair were hit with a number of charges including possession of more than kg of cocaine with intent to distribute, running a criminal enterprise, two counts of intent to distribute more than 5kg of cocaine, and another charge of conspiracy for the same.

Some of their hundreds of associates were also arrested, with millions of dollars, several homes and dozens of vehicles seized. I think, though, Meech really had genuine hope that he could transition out of the drug game into a legitimate enterprise.

And that's not an unusual trajectory. But, for him, it was maybe a matter of timing. He certainly was able to create massive buzz and that was in large part through massive amounts of money. But I think that he also had this charisma that was pretty much undeniable. How exactly did the Flenory brothers get from the streets of Detroit to the suburbs of Atlanta? Well, it's pretty interesting.

A couple of things happened along the way. One, they wound up getting hooked up with a major, major drug supplier with direct or one-step-away ties to the Mexican cartels. They had access to vast amounts of cocaine. And that was through years of cultivating reputations as top-of-the-line drug dealers in Detroit.

And two, Terry actually had a bullet graze his eye and the doctors messed up the surgery. So he got this settlement and wound up launching this car service in Detroit. And that sort of formed the foundation of what would become this elaborate transport system shuttling cocaine across the country. I mean, the cars were outfitted with these traps installed where you would have to like put the car in reverse, turn on the defrost, and hold up a magnet to some part of the dash for secret, deoxygenated drug compartments to open.

Well, Terry actually moved from Detroit to LA. He did spend some time in Atlanta, too. He had a property called the White House that he and Meech had shared at a point. But then Terry took it over. There was a drug lab there. And there was a stash house where they'd have like kilos lined up in the basement.

Meech, though, had a real love for Atlanta. He moved there when he was fairly young, probably the early '90s. But Atlanta was also this hub and they had labs there and they would cut the kilos and then send them off to Miami, Detroit, St.

He was actually the most charming interview. I mean you sit down with him and it feels like you're hanging out at a bar with a friend.

He's obviously this charismatic leader. I don't doubt that he's got different faces he might turn on for different people and he's super-smart and shrewd. But also he's utterly charming and charismatic and easygoing and just a natural storyteller.

So it was a pretty easy interview. I mean there was some things where he was like, "You know I can't talk about that. What generally drove Big Meech to seek out a bigger and bigger public profile?

Wouldn't it have been safer to stay out of view? It seems like by blowing it all up like that you'd really be putting yourself in the eyes of pretty much any law enforcement agent.

It's not typical drug kingpin behavior. You know, part of me thinks that there's just ego and bravado in there. But I think he really thought it was the only way he was going to transition out of being a drug dealer.

That's what he says. And he thought that he had created a situation where he could not have gotten busted. To him, it was like, "If I don't talk on the phone and if I don't surround myself with people who are willing to turn on me He thought he had made himself super-insulated to the point that he could flaunt it a little bit. It made me want to work on it until I got it right.

We tried to keep the story as close as possible to the true experiences. Demetrius Flenory, 52, is currently serving a year sentence at an Oregon prison. Terry was released on home confinement last year. Flenory Jr.