Cottonmouth looks to buy a coffin for Pop.

[6], Stokes playing inside a pool while in Jamaica, In the 1980s, the Stokes Crime Family had attempted to strike up a deal with the McIver family in the wake of Quincy McIver and Buggy Stokes' deaths.

With his criminal activities down proven, Cottonmouth was arrested by the New York City Police Department while still inside Harlem's Paradise, with Misty Knight putting on the handcuffs and watching as Cottonmouth was escorted out of the building and to jail to await his sentencing for his many crimes including murder.[10]. As the Stokes and the McIver's attempted to find their solution to their conflict, the entire Stokes family had come into Jamaica for the meeting, with the young Cornell viewing it purely as a vacation while Mama Mabel met with Gwen McIver.
Scarfe, however, claimed he did have intel to give to Cottonmouth, demonstrating this by then crudely grabbing at his own crotch.

When we think of a cottonmouth, we imagine something dangerous and a threat to our own wellbeing. Looking at the image of himself and Pop as young men growing up together in Harlem, Cottonmouth openly wept as he mourned the death of one of his oldest and closest friends who he had spent so many years protecting from the criminal underworld that Pop's had managed to escape from and build himself a new life helping all of those in need. Shades continued to remind Cottonmouth that if he did not make the right decision now, he would soon lose everything, but Cottonmouth just insisted that the club was his own reputation, blood, and legacy and for that reason, he would never sell it no matter what. Seeing Scarfe downstairs, Cottonmouth pointed his baseball bat down towards the Detective and then questioned what was the use of having a police officer on his payroll if he could not get any new intel in time. While Cottonmouth was waiting for Luke Cage to arrive, he sat in his office in Harlem's Paradise and played his keyboard to keep himself relaxed, thinking back to his time under the leadership of Mama Mabel and how she had shaped him into the gangster and killer he was now by not allowing him to pursue music and forcing him to murder Donnie and Pistol Pete to turn him into the cold-blooded killed she desired in her crew, changing his life forever.

It has a distinctive triangular, block-like head, a fatal bite, and a thickened body. He then dragged Smith off of his seat and pinned him to the floor before repeatedly punching him in the skull until he had beaten Smith to death in front of Shades and Tone, beating him so hard that his face was almost unrecognizable.

They are also known as water moccasins. As Cottonmouth attempted to crawl away despite the amount of agony he was in, Dillard caught up with him and grabbed a microphone stand and then proceeded to beat Cottonmouth on the face with it, eventually crushing his skull and killing him. During this time, Cottonmouth overlooked the quality of Harlem's Paradise, ensuring that they kept the best quality of service and the best music acts they could find. Seeking assistance, Cottonmouth found Mariah Dillard as she was giving an interview about her hopes to improve Harlem, ensuring that Zip and Sugar stayed close to her. Cottonmouth suggested to Cage that they arrange a parlay to sort out their differences, requesting that he come to the club so that they could speak in private. [1], Cottonmouth watches a report on Pop's death. When Luke Cage accidentally broke his broom, Shades spoke to him and asked about Diaz, claiming that he used to cut his hair for him and he wanted to reconnect now that he was out of Seagate Penitentiary, although Cage claimed that Diaz had gone.