A collage featuring Jimmy and Mario Rosemond as well as other people mentioned in the story
Mario Rosemond (center top) and his brother Jimmy (second from left) clawed their way from the streets of Brooklyn to the top of the music industry. Then it all came crashing down.

The incredible saga of the Henchmen brothers, hip-hop's forgotten moguls

The first time in eight years that Mario Rosemond heard his name, it filled him with terror. Almost as much as the men surrounding him with machine guns.