The following is an excerpt from the upcoming book ‘Dirty Gold: The Rise and Fall of an International Smuggling Ring’ by Miami Herald journalists Jay Weaver and Nicholas Nehamas and former Herald journalists Jim Wyss and Kyra Gurney, based on a Herald series that was a finalist for the Pulitzer […]
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Money laundering is a dirty, even deadly business. Miami plays a huge role
Emily Spell heard the screams from outside her parents’ red brick home. She found her brother, Joseph Williams, 31, splayed on a mattress in the basement. His eyes, half open, were yellow. His lips were blue. “Joe, wake up! Joe, wake up!” his wife, Kristina, hollered, while pounding on his […]
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You think ‘WAP’ is dirty? Meet 19-year-old L.A. rapper ppcocaine, the filth queen of TikTok
Ppcocaine says that she’s “more of an artist that uses TikTok, not a TikToker made into an artist.” (Christina House / Los Angeles Times) The ink was barely dry on ppcocaine’s half-dozen new face tattoos this week when she walked into a session at Westlake Studios in West Hollywood, in […]
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Dirty Heads Singer Jared Watson Buys Suburban Orange County Digs
Let’s hope Jared Watson, the lead singer from rock/reggae/ska band Dirty Heads has a soundproof room in his new, distinctly suburban Costa Mesa home, if he intends on holding some impromptu jam sessions there. The renovated 4-bedroom, 3-bathroom, 2,356 square foot home — which he picked up for $1.3 million […]