THE DOSSIER

I have been investigating the case of James Rosemond for six years, through all his federal criminal trials, and in doing a reconciliation of the story, I keep going back to two major points that need explaining and examination. The first is the idea that Jimmy has a harsher sentence than El Chapo, and just put that into context, El Chapo led an organization that imported billions of dollars’ wort...

Bruce Maffeo has been a high profile criminal defense attorney in New York for decades. He was James Rosemond's lawyer in both of the murder for hire trials. Listen to Part 2. of the interview with Don Sikorski and Maffeo discussing Rosemond's case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bruce Maffeo has been a high profile criminal defense attorney in New York for decades. He was James Rosemond's lawyer in both of the murder for hire trials. He sat down with Don Sikorski to discuss Rosemond's case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Before diving deeper into the murder for hire trial, James Rosemond reflects on his life, mentally surviving prison & his unwavering belief that he will one day walkout through those prison gates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After being given 7 life sentences on drug charges, the government apparently felt they hadn’t buried James Rosemond far enough beneath the jail. He would soon be indicted on murder for hire charges in the death of G-Unit affiliate Lowell Fletcher. Rosemond & Don Sikorski begin detailing the government’s allegations surrounding Fletcher’s killing.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone...

James Rosemond a.k.a. Jimmy Henchmand, must watch as former friends and allies testify against him in order to avoid jail time. He reflects on the trial and the lack of evidence that was used to convict him Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Reeling from losing Jeff Lichtman as his attorney, Rosemond scrambles to find a new lawyer who can handle his case. Two former associates of Jimmy go on the record, disputing the government’s narrative of the case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff Lichtman is one of the best criminal defense attorneys of his generation, once defending El Chapo and John Gotti Jr. He discusses his longtime client Jimmy Rosemond and the lengths prosecutors took to get him thrown off Jimmy’s defense team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today’s episode, we are releasing the Mario Hammonds deposition in its entirety, as he's questioned by Rob Frank, one of the lawyers for Voletta Wallace. Also included in today’s episode, the late Sergio Robleto and Don Sikorski discuss Sikorski’s secret meeting with Hammonds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As the investigation picks up steam, several of Rosemond’s close friends and associates are targeted by Kaminsky. As the walls close in, Jimmy makes the decision to go on the run. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

US Attorney Todd Kaminsky becomes obsessed with the rap game and Jimmy Henchman, starting his investigation in earnest. He will have an unlikely ally in reporter Chuck Phillips. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

James Rosemond is pulled into another rap war, this time involving 50 Cent and The Game. This beef will spiral out of control, eventually involving Rosemond’s family and law enforcement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After Ethan Brown writes a profile on James Rosemond for Vibe Magazine, he becomes the target of others in the media, most notably Chuck Phillips of the LA Times. These articles will put Rosemond in the crosshairs of law enforcement and Todd Kaminsky. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Don Sikorski speaks with RJ Bond about the breaking news coming out of Las Vegas on Tuesday - that Vegas PD served a search warrant in nearby Henderson, Nevada, related to the murder of Tupac Shakur. RJ shares his thoughts on who the search warrant targeted and what could come next in the police investigation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Despite being arrested and sent back to prison, James Rosemond continues his rise in the entertainment industry. He reaches the pinnacle after negotiating the Mike Tyson/Lennox Lewis fight and signing his own rap superstar, The Game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

William ‘Bill’ Courtney spent his career investigating street figures and their connection to hip hop. He gives us his perspective from the law enforcement side on James Rosemond, Haitian Jack, Tupac and others involved in the game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While entering Quad Studios to meet Jimmy for a recording session, Tupac Shakur is robbed and shot in the lobby. The incident will haunt Jimmy forever and start the infamous East vs West rap war. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Growing up on the streets of Brooklyn, Jimmy Ace becomes one of the most feared gangsters in the city. After serving time in Rikers Island, however, Jimmy makes his play to go legit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Journalist Don Sikorski goes in search of David Mack and Rafael Perez. The closing episode of Season One of The Dossier leaves more questions than answers. Will the FBI reopen this case based on the evidence and the story of Phil Carson? Will Ms. Wallace and Perry Sanders refile the civil case against the City of Los Angeles and the LAPD? Finally, will there ever be justice in the murder of Hip-Ho...

Phil Carson interviewed Eugene Deal in 2004 as part of his sprawling FBI investigation into the murder of Biggie. Now, 17 years later, the two of them are reunited to discuss their individual journeys inside the case and the lies that have evolved over the course of time. Phil and Gene also talk about a mysterious photograph that is in the possession of the LAPD that points to the triggerman in th...

Director Brad Furman has spent the last two years working on the feature film City of Lies, starring Johnny Depp and Forrest Whitaker. The film is based on Randall Sullivan's book Labyrinth, which delves into LAPD Robbery Homicide Investigator Russell Poole's work. Don Sikorski, Furman, and Producer Jess Fuerst talk through the movie's origin story, the battle for truth in the case, and the Wallac...

Author Randall Sullivan has investigated the LAPD cover-up of Biggie for close to 20 years. His two books Labyrinth and the sequel Dead Wrong, are really the Bibles when it comes to information on how the LAPD, City of Los Angeles, and US Attorney inside Los Angeles orchestrated the cover-up. Randall sits down with Phil Carson and Don Sikorski for a wide-ranging conversation, and new information o...

Filmmaker/Journalist RJ Bond sets the record straight with Don Sikorski about his vast work surrounding both the Biggie and Tupac cases. He talks about the final days of Russell Poole and the internal dynamics of the Los Angeles Police Department and the City. RJ also delves into his history investigating the Compton Police Department, Death Row, and Reggie Wright Jr. Learn more about your ad choi...

Reggie Wright Jr goes on the record with Phil Carson about the murder of Biggie. Reggie also talks about his relationship with the FBI and Death Row Records . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Before Phil Carson opened an FBI Investigation into the LAPD corruption and the cover-up of Biggie's murder, he was one of a handful of FBI assigned to a federal task force called RAMFIT. This task force was supposed to look into all the officers inside the Rampart Division and track down the alleged crimes defined by Rafael Perez's deal with the LA District Attorney. The pattern of deception betw...