The name Rayful Edmond III rings bells in the DMV and throughout hood barbershops across the nation due to his cocaine trafficking exploits in the 1980’s and 1990’s. While he may have been serving a ...

Rayful Edmond, once the most powerful drug kingpin in Washington, D.C. during the so-called “Crack Era” has been transferred from federal prison to a halfway house. According to the reports, Rayful ...

Rayful Edmond III, the iconic D.C. drug-kingpin-turned-government-informant, had been planning a homecoming. Next year, or maybe the one after, his attorneys said, Edmond would return to the city ...

Rayful Edmond back in court The most notorious drug kingpin in DC history is back in court. A judge is considering reducing Rayful Edmonds' jail time.

WASHINGTON (ABC7) — The conviction of drug kingpin Rayful Edmond, III was heralded back in the 90s as a landmark win for those who live, work, and visit the District of Columbia. Edmond slapped with a ...

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Decades after he fueled the crack epidemic in Washington, D.C., notorious former drug kingpin Rayful Edmond III died Tuesday in federal custody while at a residential ...

He rose to prominence in the 1980s, spending lavishly and befriending athletes, as the city was wracked by murders tied to the drug trade. He later became an informant. By Isabella Kwai Rayful Edmond, ...

Rayful Edmond's Rise to Washington, DC's crack kingpin Rayful Edmond, 24, had become D.C.'s biggest, most successful and feared crack-cocaine dealer. He was a D.C. native who grew up on M Street, NE.