The legacy of heroin kingpin Frank Lucas, whose story was dramatized in the 2007 narrative feature American Gangster, is the focus of a forthcoming documentary film. The film features interviews with ...

New Documentary explores Frank Lucas, Black Gangster Lore, and the True Cost of Power NEW YORK, April 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The name Frank Lucas is legend—kingpin, hustler, mastermind. Harlem's most ...

The former agents and detectives say they were libeled by drug lord Frank Lucas. October 23, 2008— -- Nine former Drug Enforcement Administration agents and three former New York City detectives ...

The scourge of heroin use by Black Americans in cities like New York in the 1970s sparked Richard Nixon’s War of Drugs. The goal was to “associate the hippies with marijuana and Blacks with heroin” ...

Godfather of Harlem is bringing in new blood for Season 4, with Rome Flynn portraying notorious drug lord Frank Lucas—yes, the same Frank Lucas that Denzel Washington played in American Gangster. The ...

As the federal criminal trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs continues, many parts of his past are being revisited. That includes his father’s friendship with the late gangster, Frank Lucas. Melvin Combs was a ...

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for the Season 4 finale of "Godfather of Harlem," now streaming on MGM+. In the Season 4 finale of "Godfather of Harlem," gangster Elsworth "Bumpy" Johnson ...

His new documentary, which premiered at NYC’s Tribeca Festival on Tuesday night, is called “Billy Idol Should Be Dead.” And the snarling punk rock legend indeed suffered a near-fatal heroin overdose ...

In Season 4 of Godfather of Harlem, a new chapter unfolds with the introduction of a young Frank Lucas—long before the world came to know him as a notorious drug kingpin. Stepping into the role is ...

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for the Season 4 finale of “Godfather of Harlem,” now streaming on MGM+. In the Season 4 finale of “Godfather of Harlem,” gangster Elsworth “Bumpy” Johnson ...