Rayful Edmond, notorious DC drug kingpin, dies in federal custody at 60. At the height of his criminal empire, Rayful Edmond was known as the “king of cocaine” in Washington, D.C.

Former drug kingpin Rayful Edmond, whose dealing fueled the 1980s crack epidemic in Washington D.C., died Tuesday, months after his prison release. Skip to content. All Sections.

Rayful Edmond, a drug kingpin who stoked a crack cocaine epidemic in Washington, D.C., in the 1980s and later cooperated with prosecutors to bring down cocaine traffickers years after he was ...