Meet The Three Gang Bosses Who Terrorized The Industry (Nas, 50 Cent, Jay-Z…) Hardy and Davis were sworn enemies operating in the same dangerous territory, the Lafayette Gardens housing projects in Brooklyn. Hardy was the ruthless leader of the Cash Money Brothers, or CMB, a gang that ran Lafayette Gardens like a fortress. On the other side, Ivory “Peanut” Davis was pushing weight too, running his own crew, known as the “Peanuts” right in the same neighborhood.