American Gangster (TV series)

American Gangster
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	26
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Original release
Network	BET
Release	November 28, 2006 (2006-11-28) – present

American Gangster is a documentary television series, which airs on BET. The show features some of black America's most infamous and powerful gangsters. It is narrated by Ving Rhames. The series premiered on November 28, 2006, with this episode amassing around one million viewers. The first season ended on January 9, 2007, and had 6 episodes. The second season aired October 3, 2007. A DVD of Season 1 was released on October 23, 2007. The second season was released on DVD on June 10, 2008. In April 2009, A&E Networks purchased the rights to air seasons 1–3 on their networks. They can be seen primarily on the Bio Channel and the flagship A&E Channel. They can also be seen on A&E's Crime and Investigation Network.

Rumors circulate around the next season that might document gangsters such as Butch Jones & Young Boys Inc., Maserati Rick & Best Friend's Inc., Richard Porter, Alpo and Azie, which the Paid in Full movie was based upon.

Gangsters portrayed in series

• Stanley "Tookie" Williams - Former leader of the Crips
• Ricky Ross - L.A. crack dealer
• Lorenzo "Fat Cat" Nichols - Queens cocaine dealer
• Leroy "Nicky" Barnes - Harlem heroin dealer
• The Smith Brothers - San Francisco jewelery store robbers
• The Detroit Chambers Brothers - Detroit crack dealing gang
• Philly Black Mafia - Philadelphia-based organized crime syndicate
• Larry Hoover - leader of the Gangster Disciples
• Melvin Williams - former Baltimore drug trafficker and actor
• D.C. Snipers (aka Beltway Snipers/John Allen Muhammad/Lee Boyd Malvo)
• Frank Lucas - Harlem heroin dealer
• Felix Mitchell - Oakland drug dealer and leader of 69 Mob
• Jeff Fort - co-founder of the Black P. Stones gang. Convicted in 1987 of conspiring with Libya to perform acts of domestic terrorism
• Chaz Williams - Queens drug dealer and robber
• Rayful Edmond - Washington D.C. crack dealer
• Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff - Queens drug dealer. Leader of the The Supreme Team
• Larry Davis - New York City suspect in seven murders, known for shootout with police and evading capture for 17 days.
• "Monster" Kody Scott - infamous member of Eight Tray Gangster Crips and author
• Cornell Jones - Washington D.C. cocaine dealer
• Robert "Midget" Molley - Atlantic City cocaine dealer
• Mac Dre & The Romper Room Gang - rapper with ties to robbery gang
• Shower Posse - Jamaican posse involved with drug and arms smuggling in Jamaica, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania
• Mutulu Shakur - best known for planning the infamous $1.6 million robbery of a Brinks armored truck in New York. Stepfather of Tupac, father of Mopreem
• Guy Fisher - Harlem heroin dealer and former partner of Leroy "Nicky" Barnes
• Willie Lloyd - Leader of the Vice Lords
• Robby "Mojoe"

Cast

• Alex Alonso ... Himself (1 episode, 2006)
• Chico Brown ... Himself (1 episode, 2006)
• Antoine Clark ... Himself (1 episode, 2006)
• Bernard Parks ... Himself (1 episode, 2006)
• Charles Pitchford ... Himself (1 episode, 2006)
• Fred Shaw Jr. ... Himself (1 episode, 2006)
• Maxine Waters ... Herself (1 episode, 2006)
• John W. King ... Himself (1 episode, 2007)

External links

• American Gangster at IMDb
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• Season 1 biographies - Streetgangs.com
• "BET's American Gangster: Complete Three Seasons Unauthorized Reviews" by Alan Kurtz