- Jemeker Thompson was the girlfriend turned wife of a notorious gangster and gambler in South Central, L. A
- She was introduced to drug dealing and money laundering from her teenage days as a life of hardship pushed her into dealing drugs
- Her eventual doom came when she couldn’t afford to miss her son’s graduation from 6th grade and she showed up at his school after being on the run for about 18 months.
Jemeker Thompson is referred to as one of the most dreaded female drug dealers in the United States. She actually began her journey to achieving this title at a very young age. While still in High School and with the help of her then-boyfriend turned husband, she was able to rise through societal ranks.
Drug lords have almost always been around, female ones too. Although their male counterparts have been getting all the attention, there are the likes of Griselda Blanco, Enedina Arellano Felix, and Francisca Cortes Picazo. These women built great names for themselves among the El Chapo, Frank Lucas, and Pablo Escobars.
In the United States of America, Jemeker Thompson was definitely one of the most prominent female drug dealers known to the country. Known for being a Queen Pin, Jemeker has paid for her sins and has turned a new leaf but the shadows of her past still trail her.
Brief Biography of Jemeker Thompson
Jemeker Thompson was reportedly born in 1962 in the United States of America. She grew up in South Central and was quite a focused young lady despite the hardships she faced. A few years after her birth, her parents got divorced and she had to live with her mother.
In interviews, Thompson described her mother as a very brave woman who single-handedly raised five children. Jemeker was the only girl with 4 brothers and grew up to be a tom-boy. This orientation was what probably set the stage for her to freely mingle with gangsters in their neighborhood.
As a result of her mother’s inability to adequately care for them all, she and her siblings were sent to Mississippi. There, they lived with their grandmother who made them do chores and go to church. Jemeker’s grandmother would occasionally discipline them if they went wrong.
However, after staying in Mississippi for a short while, she moved back home. This was when she met her boyfriend who invariably was the motivating factor of who she turned out to be.
While in high school, Jemeker was known to be one of the fastest girls in South Central. She was an athlete who ran tracks and was very good at it. She won so many prizes, medals, and awards for her stellar performances in athletics.
The young lady was so good that her boyfriend would even go to watch her and placed bets on her. He was known to be a hustler and gambler and so was wont to place bets on games.
While still a teenager, Thompson and her boyfriend ‘Daff’, became inseparable and a huge force. The then-boyfriend was about 5 years older than Jemeker but she was unfazed. His wealthy lifestyle and cars attracted her to him and that was enough reason to be loyal to the gangster and gambler.
The Life and Crimes of Jemeker Mosley Thompson
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Now known as a former drug lord, Jemeker was quite notorious. She was one of the facilitators of the crack epidemic that the United States of America suffered in the 1980s. Based in Los Angeles, she recruited a lot of workers who helped her in distributing cocaine across the country.
Jemeker Thompson’s rough childhood made her begin to desire wealth and power. She admitted that her drug-dealing started when she was in high school. At the time, she was a girlfriend to Anthony “Daff” Mosley, the drug dealer and gambler. Subsequently, Thompson started collecting payments for her lover.
Jemeker Thompson and Anthony started selling crack cocaine as well as Marijuana. Business was good so they got married in the 1980s, bought a home, and birthed a son they named after Anthony. However, the life of crime caught up with them and Daff was murdered. It was thought that Jemeker would quit being a drug dealer, but the ‘Crack Queen’ of L. A was born.
As she was very close to her husband, Jemeker knew a lot of things about the business. Although she stopped dealing drugs at the birth of their son in 1982, she was in charge of collecting and accounting for money. With the death of her husband, she rose to the ranks and began to oversee the running of the business and travel more.
With time, the ‘Queen Pin’ became international and then made more contacts and networks. She started attending big events including boxing matches where she met a lot of other big names in the drug world. It was at this point in her life that she met her next lover, a musician.
How She Was Arrested and Jail Time
Late Daff’s wife’s reputation paved the way for her to get supplies directly from Colombia producers. To launder the financial gain from her activities, she created an outfit that officially operated as a hair distribution business. This business was also to serve as a future fallback business whenever she decided to quit drug dealing and money laundering.
Thompson’s days of crime came to an end when she was 31 years old. Records have it she was arrested at her son’s 6th-grade graduation ceremony. Though she had been on the run for 2 years following her indictment in 1991, she let her motherly emotions overcloud her gangsterism.
It was reported that the mother of one disguised herself in a lot of apparel to avail herself at the graduation. However, there were a lot of FBI officials who had the hunch that she would be there and they also disguised as random people in the school.
Her son recognized her as she presented him with a bouquet and he was quite excited to see her. With this, at the end of the graduation ceremony, she was picked up by the authorities.
Jemeker Thompson’s arrest and incarceration follow a betrayal by her business partner Percy “Cheese” Bratton. Cheese was arrested with cocaine in his car, so he made a deal that required him to provide pieces of evidence that would be used to indict Jemeker.
With that, Jemeker was arrested and charged with five counts of money laundering and conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Ultimately, she was sentenced to prison for 15 years and was released after serving 13 years behind bars; that was sometime in February 2005.
Jemeker Thompson’s Family and What She Does Now
The former drug lord is now an author, speaker, and evangelist who founded the Second Chance Evangelist Ministries (SCEM). According to her, she received Christ on the 22nd of August 1993 while in prison. Among other things, SCEM is out to inspire other women like her, provide hope for inmates, and help people live fulfilling lives.
She is now married to Champ Hairston and theirs’ is quite a large family composed of Jemeker Thompson’s son Anthony. Anthony grew up to be a great athlete following in the initial footsteps of his mother. He went on to be a pro skateboarder and won several medals. Champ also has two sons Kevin and Rj, and a few grandchildren.
As an author, she wrote the book ‘Queen Pin: A Memoir’ which has been a journey about her life. The book tells of her drug dealing and money laundering days to her jail term and subsequently, her repentance.
In addition to this, the evangelist also has a Netflix-dedicated episode of her life’s story. The story can be watched in the second season of ‘Drug Lords’ released on July 10, 2018.
It is popularly believed that throughout her life, she amassed a net worth of about $10 million. This amount was reportedly gotten throughout her drug-dealing lifetime. In addition to that, she also became an author and had her hair business which lived through her sentencing and still fetched her money.
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Is She The Most Dreaded Female Drug Lord?
The Crack Queen of L. A will always be counted among the most dreaded female drug lords. Even with this, there are reasons to believe she never lost her soul; at least not like Griselda Blanco. Blanco became known as the “Black Widow” for killing three of her ex-husbands.
Also known as ‘Cocaine Godmother, the Colombian drug lord remains the most dreaded female drug lord. She was implicated in over 200 murders and reports have it she committed her first when she was only 11 years old. Her victim was a boy she killed following his family’s failure to pay ransom after he was kidnapped.
Jemeker Thompson Hairston has since repented and began to live a new life. She was once a very respected and dreaded drug dealer but with her arraignment, she became an evangelist. The over-50-year-old was married to a drug dealer and gambler and eventually also dated another drug dealer after the death of her first husband.
