Ron Chepesiuk is the co-founder and co-owner of Street Certified Entertainment. He is also an investigative journalist and documentary producer specializing in true and organized crime. He has published 24 books and close to 4,000 articles. His true and organized crime books include Drug Lords: the Rise and Fall of the Cali Cartel, Gangsters of Harlem: The Gritty Underworld of New York’s Most Famous Neighborhood, and Black Gangsters of Chicago. Chepesiuk is a Fulbright Scholar in Journalism to Bangladesh and an adjunct professor in UCLA’s extension journalism program. He has interviewed numerous celebrities, including Evander Holyfield, Russell Simmons, Coretta Scott King, Jimmy Carter, John Kerry, Larry Holmes and Yasser Arafat. He is currently an expert consultant to the History Channel's "Gangland" documentary series and has served as a consultant to Dateline NBC in the production of Lucas-related segment. He has also appeared on the History Channel and Black Entertainment Television and CBC, BBC and NPR radio. Ron has been interviewed by the New York Times, Associated Press, Washington Post, Dallas Morning News, St. Petersburg Times, and the San Francisco Chronicle, as well as the American Mafia, New Criminologist and Chicago Syndicate web sites.