Dana Truppiana Mob Times

Dana Truppiana Mob Times

Your source for history’s most infamous gangster’s life stories.

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August 27, 2025 56 mins

Are Tupac and Biggie still alive? Did Diddy do them both?

 

Previous episodes in the series:

Tupac Shakur – The untold story behind Tupac Amaru Shakur – Part 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzrNB8BFf3E

 

Tupac Shakur – Part 2 - The untold story behind Tupac Amaru Shakur

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aKr3pHqkr0

 

Biggie Smalls: Rise to Fame Before 'Ready to Die' | Childhood, Friends, & Early Struggles-Biggie, P1

https://y...

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Tupac and Biggie - Was it Suge that did the deed!?

Previous episodes in the series:

Tupac Shakur – The untold story behind Tupac Amaru Shakur – Part 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzrNB8BFf3E

 

Tupac Shakur – Part 2 - The untold story behind Tupac Amaru Shakur

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aKr3pHqkr0

 

Biggie Smalls: Rise to Fame Before 'Ready to Die' | Childhood, Friends, & Early Struggles-Biggie, P1

https://youtu.be/K...

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Previous episodes in the series:

Tupac Shakur – The untold story behind Tupac Amaru Shakur – Part 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzrNB8BFf3E

 

Tupac Shakur – Part 2 - The untold story behind Tupac Amaru Shakur

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aKr3pHqkr0

 

Biggie Smalls: Rise to Fame Before 'Ready to Die' | Childhood, Friends, & Early Struggles-Biggie, P1

https://youtu.be/KGTpcOj59Yw

 

The Notorious B.I.G., born Christopher...

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Biggie Smalls: Rise to Fame Before 'Ready to Die' | Childhood, Friends, & Early Struggles - Biggie, Part 1

Christopher Wallace, known by his stage name Biggie Smalls or The Notorious B.I.G., was born on May 21, 1972, in Brooklyn, New York. Raised in the rough neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Biggie was the only child of Voletta Wallace, a Jamaican immigrant and preschool teacher, and Selwyn George Latore, a welder and polit...

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Dana Truppiana & OC Shortz discuss creating the Commission See the video on OC Shortz’ channel here:

   • Did Lucky Luciano FAKE his OWN DEATH ?  

 

Visit OC Shortz channel here:    / @ocshortz  

 

In an early morning interview, James Gladwish had a conversation with Dana Truppiana surrounding topics such as Lucky Luciano, the hit of Joe “The Boss” Masseria, the hit of Stefano Maranzano, and the building of the Commission.

 

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Before watching, watch Part 1 here: Tupac Shakur – The untold story behind Tupac Amaru Shakur – Part 1

   • Tupac Shakur – The untold story behind Tup...  

 

Tupac Shakur – Part 2 - The untold story behind Tupac Amaru Shakur In a gripping five-part series, Dana Truppiana explores the individuals that are Tupac Shakur and Christopher “Biggie” Wallace, with 2 parts dedicated to each of these music legends and an episode dedicated to...

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Tupac Shakur – The untold story behind Tupac Amaru Shakur – Part 1

In a gripping five-part series, Dana Truppiana explores the individuals that are Tupac Shakur and Christopher “Biggie” Wallace, with 2 parts dedicated to each of these music legends and an episode dedicated to how the rift between their friendship ultimately played a huge part in each of their demise. Few figures personify the complex intersection of art, activism,...

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This clip was originally a piece of a larger video, Kazuo Taoka Part 2. To view the entire video, please visit here:

Secrets, power, and brutality: Explore the Yakuza empire under Kazuo Taoka - Part 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UK8W3mjXbBU

 

In World War II, the United States and Japan clashed in the Pacific theater, with the war beginning with Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941. This attack, which severely damag...

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Watch Part 1 here:

Secrets, power, and brutality: Explore the Yakuza empire under the iron fist of Kazuo Taoka - Part 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRDx1p06DHg

 

Japanese gangsters, members of what are formally called bōryokudan (“violence groups”), or Mafia-like criminal organizations. In Japan and elsewhere, especially in the West, the term yakuza can be used to refer to individual gangsters or criminals as well as to their ...

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Secrets, power, and brutality: Explore the Yakuza empire under the iron fist of Kazuo Taoka - Part 1

 

Japanese gangsters, members of what are formally called bōryokudan (“violence groups”), or Mafia-like criminal organizations. In Japan and elsewhere, especially in the West, the term yakuza can be used to refer to individual gangsters or criminals as well as to their organized groups and to Japanese organized crime in general. Yak...

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Stefano Magaddino went out with a bang! Final Part 6

Before watching the final episode, go back and watch the entire series below:

 

Stefano Magaddino was born to be a gangster - Part 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMro94KA3x8

Stefano Magaddino led the Good Killers until Fontana took them down! - Part 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9eHIEf0Uds

Stefano Magaddino's role in the Castellammarese War - Part 3

https://www.youtube....

The Shadow Boss of Buffalo: Stefano Magaddino's Reign Over the Mafia Empire

Before watching, watch the previous parts here:

Stefano Magaddino was born to be a gangster - Part 1

https://youtu.be/TMro94KA3x8?si=iWXBChi_NeudsudU

Stefano Magaddino led the Good Killers until Fontana took them down! - Part 2

https://youtu.be/t9eHIEf0Uds?si=dUl6l8H1bU7wQG61

Stefano Magaddino's role in the Castellammarese War - Part 3

https://www.y...

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Stefano Magaddino helped shape the mafia as we know it – Part 4

 

Before watching, watch the previous parts here:

Stefano Magaddino was born to be a gangster - Part 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMro94KA3x8

Stefano Magaddino led the Good Killers until Fontana took them down! - Part 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9eHIEf0Uds

Stefano Magaddino's role in the Castellammarese War - Part 3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qb7s7j69...

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Stefano Magaddino's role in the Castellammarese War - Part 3

 

Before watching, watch the previous parts here:

Stefano Magaddino was born to be a gangster - Part 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMro94KA3x8

Stefano Magaddino led the Good Killers until Fontana took them down! - Part 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9eHIEf0Uds

 

Magaddino was born in Sicily on October 10, 1891. Both of his grandfathers had been leaders of separate...

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Stefano Magaddino led the Good Killers until Fontana took them down! - Part 2

Magaddino was born in Sicily on October 10, 1891. Both of his grandfathers had been leaders of separate factions of the Sicilian Mafia. He eventually moved to the United States, lived in New York City and joined the family business. However, in 1921 he was arrested for participation in a revenge killing in New Jersey. Fearing retaliation, Magaddino fled u...

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Stefano Magaddino was BORN to be a gangster - Part 1 Magaddino was born in Sicily on October 10, 1891. Both of his grandfathers had been leaders of separate factions of the Sicilian Mafia. He eventually moved to the United States, lived in New York City and joined the family business. However, in 1921 he was arrested for participation in a revenge killing in New Jersey. Fearing retaliation, Magaddino fled upstate to Buffalo.

 

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Carlo Gambino – Part 4 & Final – robbed cops and had a license to kill

 

You can watch the whole series below:

Carlo Gambino - The most requested deep dive series - Part 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPreB1NsRP0

You can watch Part 2 of this series here: Carlo Gambino and his rise to the most powerful mafioso ever - Part 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Buf14_bUYE

You can watch Part 3 of this series here: Why the governme...

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Carlo Gambino and his rise to the most powerful mafioso ever - Part 3

 

You can watch Part 1 of this series here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPreB1NsRP0

You can watch Part 2 of this series here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Buf14_bUYE&

 

Gambino discouraged narcotics trafficking among his troops, instituting a “deal and die” policy. He was leery of the long sentences they could incur for drug offenses, which could prov...

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Carlo Gambino and his rise to the most powerful mafioso ever - Part 2

You can watch Part 1 of this series here:    • Carlo Gambino - The most requested de...  

 

Gambino went on to become an original member of one of the five New York crime families designated under the La Cosa Nostra banner, the one belonging to Vincent Mangano and the one that eventually would be named for him. In the 1930s, Gambino was convicted of running an i...

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Carlo Gambino - The most requested deep dive series - Part 1

 

This has - BY FAR - been my MOST requested video so, by order of popular demand, we are starting off a multi-part series on Carlo Gambino. Carlo Gambino was an original member of one of the five New York crime families designated under the La Cosa Nostra banner, the one belonging to Frank Scalice, then Vincent Mangano and the one that eventually would be named for him....

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