My Family Were Miami Kingpins—Then I Got In the Game

OG BBE joins **Honor Among Thieves Podcast** to share how growing up in a family of Miami kingpins shaped his own entry into the drug game. From his father’s street connections to his brother Boss Man Sawyer’s reputation and his uncle’s cocaine business, he describes a childhood surrounded by money, influence, addiction, and prison sentences. He explains what it meant to carry his family’s name—and how he eventually started hustling himself. Starting as a lookout at approximately 12 years old, OG BBE recounts his progression from earning $200 a week to what he describes as $10,000 nights selling crack cocaine in Miami. He discusses dealing through a hurricane, operating on a corner where his brother had once sold drugs, and eventually moving into wholesale cocaine with his uncle as his supplier. Along the way, he reflects on the gambling, expensive cars, robberies, and violence that accompanied his rise in Miami’s drug trade. The conversation follows his arrest, a retaliatory shooting at his mother’s house, and his time in Florida state prison, including Santa Rosa Correctional Institution. OG BBE also opens up about losing his uncle shortly before his release, taking responsibility for the people he hurt, and building a different life through fatherhood and music. This episode explores Miami crime history through one man’s account of family influence, drug trafficking, incarceration, and redemption. Subscribe to Honor Among Thieves Podcast for more true-crime interviews, federal prison stories, organized crime history, drug-trafficking cases, and raw conversations about consequences and redemption. This episode is presented for documentary, journalistic, and educational purposes. It does not promote or glorify illegal drug use, drug trafficking, identity fraud, or other criminal activity. 📌 Have an unbelievable story? Apply to be a guest: 👉 https://www.honoramongthievespodcast.com/guest Become an Honor Among Thieves Patreon Member Join The Underworld👇👇👇 https://www.patreon.com/cw/honoramongthieves?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator 👕Honor Among Thieves Merch👇 https://shop.honoramongthievespodcast.com/ 🔗 Links 📸 Nelson on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/montanatheprophet/ 📸 OG BBE on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/og_bbe?dlrf=b3VndDJsOXNkZmN3 Chapters 00:00 Growing Up Around Miami Kingpins 02:02 His Family’s History in Miami’s Drug Trade 08:01 What the Sawyer Family Name Meant in Miami 12:21 Overtown Drug Dealers and Early Street Influences 16:43 Selling Drugs While on House Arrest 23:38 Making $10,000 a Night Selling Drugs in Miami 28:44 Drug Money, Custom Cars and Gambling 33:13 From Selling Rocks to Moving Keys 36:41 His Uncle’s Cocaine Connections: Florida Keys to the Carolinas 42:24 His Cocaine Arrest and Allegations of Police Corruption 47:40 Sentencing and Life in Florida State Prison 53:01 His Prison Bunkie’s Pet Black Widow 58:05 Coming Home From Prison in 2010 1:02:37 OG BBE’s Music and Family Legacy 1:03:39 Fatherhood, Accountability and Redemption Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices