Mack Mulla’s work with Jim Jones and Cassidy failed to save him from a 20-year federal prison sentence for an interstate fentanyl ring.
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Mack Mulla collaborated with Jim Jones, Cassidy and Albee Al before his rap dreams were dashed in federal court when he was sentenced to more than 20 years in prison for running an interstate drug ring.
The 32-year-old New York rapper, born James Rodriguez Jr., was sentenced to 242 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Robert D. Mariani.
The conviction caps a sprawling case that linked his hip-hop persona to a fentanyl and marijuana trafficking operation that stretched from Pennsylvania to New York.
According to federal prosecutors, Mula used his music connections and a Scott Street store called Mula Fashion as a front for his drug business.
The building doubled as a clothing store and recording studio, but behind the scenes, it was the command center for a pharmaceutical company that shipped more than a kilogram of fentanyl and eight kilograms of marijuana between 2021 and 2022.
During a coordinated raid, law enforcement discovered 800 grams of marijuana, 37 grams of fentanyl, firearms and tactical gear at the Scott Street location. A second stash house in Wilkes-Barre turned up 159 grams of fentanyl, 400 grams of marijuana and more weapons.
Investigators also found Mulla had international ties, including documented trips to Mexico, where he allegedly met with MS-13 gang members to secure supply lines.
The case almost escalated when prosecutors charged Mulla with transporting drugs resulting in death.
They claim he supplied drugs that led to the overdose death of Luzerne County resident Anthony Greskewicz in October 2021. However, the jury acquitted him of that charge and another related to possession of a firearm during drug trafficking.
The investigation involved the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Homeland Security Investigations, Kingston Police and the Luzerne County Drug Task Force.
