Some may refer to Billy Joe, Willie, Larry and Otis Chambers as the First Family of Crime. These four brothers who hailed from Arkansas grew up to be some of the most notorious drug lords in America, with profits that exceeded $50 million a year. They had become so popular that even former President Bill Clinton mentioned them during a speech at the 1988 Democratic National Convention. Crack made them all very wealthy men, but it also made them cocky and careless. Although they are now behind bars, their impact lingers on. At the time of their sentencing in 1988, the Detroit-based Chambers Brothers had more than 400 people on their team. The sons of sharecroppers, this fascinating episode will fully detail each brother's path to crime and the one incident that eventually brought them down.
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