Brown, 38, had been a local teenage boxing phenom from the South Ward who became a Golden Glove champion 20 years ago.
According to his online bio, the Weequahic High School graduate worked for 14 years as a custodian with the Newark Board of Education before launching his own record label, 100 Percent Pure Ent, in 2018.
Two years later Brown opened the Exclusive Notes studio in Fort Lee, attracting the likes of legendary Dipset member Jim Jones, Treach from Naughty by Nature and others.
He also claimed to have recruited TikTok favorite Bandman Rill before signing Newark music producer MC (“Just Wanna Rock”) Vertt and then Jay Hood, the creator of the New Jersey Club Sound.
It wasn’t long before Brown was also rubbing elbows with Newark battle rapper Tsu Surf and infamous New York Blood gang rapper Cassanova 2x — only this time it was behind bars.
Surf, who authorities described as a leader of the violent Rollin’ 60s Neighborhood Crips Newark street gang, got five years in federal prison this past December after pleading guilty to conspiracy charges.