Lorry Kikta

Musician/Director Jimmy Giannopoulos Modernizes The Mob Movie

By Lorry Kikta | July 2021

I’ve known Jimmy Giannopoulos for around 12 years. Back in the day, we both worked service jobs in the Lower East Side…

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