Tim "Gotti" Baukman (left) and Alton "Ace Capone" Coles in "New Jack City: The Next Generation." In 2005, ATF agents and police were building a case against Coles, a hip-hop promoter who they believed ran a huge drug operation. When they tapped his cell phone, they found he made or received an average of 280 calls a day.
Ace Capone: Second of two parts
Page: 8 of 9 View All
Tapped Out
With surveillance and arrests, authorities close in.
It opens with a dark screen.
Then a scroll reads:
This is not The Wire.
This is not a Rap Video.
Next is a montage of Philadelphia street scenes with a voice-over that intones:
"Hello, America. Meet your two newest corporate superstars, Ace Capone and Tim Gotti, the CEOs of Take Down Records.
"These are two venture capitalists who understand two things: The shortest distance between the street corner and the board room is a Bentley. And the only difference between a gangster and a record executive is an expense account.
"Streets Incorporated!"
