His lifestyle previously landed McGriff in federal prison for eight years. After his release in the mid-1990s, McGriff tried his hand at success in the music and movie industrie. "Supreme" was previously accused of laundering drug profits through the rap record label Murder Inc. The label’s owners Chris and Irv Lorenzo were acquitted of money laundering charges in 2005.

McGriff set up hits on two men in 2001 for beating up Irv "Gotti" Lorenzo, a witness testified in Brooklyn federal court yesterday.

Six years after the murder of rapper Eric "E Money Bags" Smith, the man believed to have orchestrated the crime stood in front a Brooklyn, New York federal courtroom to answer for the crime.

"[Supreme] said a couple of guys had smacked up some friends of his and that they had to be dealt with," cooperating witness Emanuel Mosley told jurors.

He said the "smacked" friend was Lorenzo, the head of the Murder Inc. record label, and the targets - worth $25,000 a head - were "Big Nose" Troy Singleton and Nathan "Green-Eyed Born" May.

McGriff told Mosley he also wanted another member of Big Nose’s crew killed - a rapper named Eric "E-Money Bags" Smith. The rapper had killed one of McGriff’s friends.

Mosley said he organized a crew of hit men and they’d whack "whoever they found first," he said.

In July 2001, Mosley’s crew hit Smith and three months later they shot Singleton. They never found May.

Mosley has pleaded guilty to murder and is awaiting sentencing. McGriff, 45, faces a possible death penalty for murder conspiracy, drug dealing and money laundering.

Source : NY Post and All Hip Hop