Yusef Bey IV

Yusef Bey IV is the head of the San Francisco/Oakland-based Your Black Muslim Bakery, a bakery that gives jobs to rehabilitating criminals. YBMB, established in the late 1960s, made a business of preparing baked goods in accordance with the Qu'ran. The bakery was scrutinized in several investigations that alleged it was a front for criminal activity.¹

Fast Facts

1. Also known as: Yusef Ali Bey
2. Resides: California
3. Current head of Your Black Muslim Bakery
4. Half-brother: Joshua Bey
5. Son of Yusef Bey, founder of the bakery

Chauncey Bailey Murder

In August of 2007, Chauncey Bailey was murdered in Oakland while he was researching Your Black Muslim Bakery for an Oakland Post article. Devaughndre Broussard, an employee of YBMB, initially confessed to the murder. However, he later recanted his confession and claimed that Bey had convinced him to take the fall for the bakery. Broussard claimed he knew who the real killer was, but that he would not reveal the name until his trial.²

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