"Kenny" Jackson (born 1957) is an American businessman in Baltimore, Maryland, with alleged past connections to the illegal drug trade in the city.
[2] Jackson's name appeared in the Baltimore Sun's 1987 series Easy Money: Anatomy of a Drug Empire, the author of which was David Simon, who went on to be the creator, executive producer, and head writer of The Wire.
[2] In the newspaper series, Simon claims that Jackson used to be one of the trusted surrogates of Melvin Williams, a legendary Baltimore heroin dealer whose story influenced The Wire character Avon Barksdale.
[2] By 1984, Jackson owned a mini-market, a shoe store, a produce and carry-out stand, rental properties in West Baltimore, and ran his family's business.
[3] The PAC donated a total of $8,000 to the campaigns of various Democratic political candidates, including then-mayor Kurt Schmoke and future mayor Sheila Dixon.
In Season 5 of The Wire, the show's fictional Sun reports on the sale of a strip-club property owned by a drug dealer, Fat Face Rick.
Nerese Campbell, the fictional City Council President is then shown angrily reading a critical newspaper article about her role in the sale.