WORDS WITH A REAL WASHINGTON, D.C. GANGSTER

Everyone has heard about Rayful Edmond, the infamous Washington, D.C. drug lord turned snitch, but less is know about the crew behind him that put him in power. The majority of them stand up men of honor, who kept their mouths shut and have been buried in the belly of the beast since the late-80s crack era. Antonio “Yo” Jones is one of those men. He was the thug of enforcement for Rayful Edmond. When Rayful had a problem to be handled, it was to Antonio that he turned to. Antonio has kept quiet on this situation for over 20 years. But recently he wrote a street lit classic “As Quiet as Kept” about his time in the streets as one of the main enforcers and leaders of the Rayful Edmond crew. The book is a street banger that takes readers deep into the intricacies of the drug game and into the inner psyche of the Rayful Edmond crew. But don’t take our word for it, you know Gorilla Convict gets it straight from the penitentiary. Introducing Antonio “Yo” Jones: