Have you ever been listening to rap music and wonder how the performers stay out of prison? Considering the number of references to drug use, drug sales and accompanying violence, it seems like police have an open invitation to stop these fellas at any point. Okay, so most of the boasts made in rap videos are fiction. But, as aspiring Brooklyn rapper Neno Best found out Wednesday, sometimes its best to only highlight your fictional crimes.
Matthew "Neno" Best, a rapper with a few mixtapes to his name, posted several incriminating photos on his Instagram, which led to the largest gun bust in New York City history.
How it went down: Best posted several photos, including both firearms and huge wads of cash, to his account. He displayed just how seriously he took the illegal weapons business by captioning a gun photo with "This old a-- gun lol a hundred years old." Being the smart cookie that he is, he also tagged Omole Adedji, the man who supplied him with the guns.
Police used that connection to launch a months-long undercover operation, which led to Earl Campbell and Walter Walker, two gun dealers in the Carolinas. Those men ended up selling 254 firearms to undercover agents. One of the humorous anecdotes described by the New York Daily News was when Campbell's girlfriend attempted to assemble an SKS semi-automatic rifle using a YouTube how-to.
"It's both horrifying and comical," said Bridget Brennan, a special narcotics prosecutor for the NYPD. "They had no concept of the violence and mayhem they were causing. It was all about money."
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