To others, he had been Rayful Edmond III, a notorious drug kingpin whose name invoked the brutal crack cocaine epidemic that reshaped the District in the 1980s. He died within a year of his ...

Rayful Edmond III, a drug lord best known for catalyzing a crack cocaine epidemic in Washington, D.C. in the 1980s, has died. He was 60. According to The New York Times, Edmond’s death was ...

Rayful Edmond passed away on Tuesday at the age of 60 in federal custody. Edmond was known for his handling of about a third of the cocaine trade in Washington D.C. during the 1980s. Recognized as ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rayful Edmond, a drug kingpin once believed to control about a third of the cocaine trade in the nation’s capital during the crack epidemic of the 1980s, has died in federal ...

To others, he had been Rayful Edmond III, a notorious drug kingpin whose name invoked the brutal crack cocaine epidemic that reshaped Washington, D.C., in the 1980s.