Frank Lucas may be Hollywood s man of the moment via Denzel Washington s portrayal of him in the film American Gangster, but the former Harlem drug lord is anything but that, according to the widow of ...

The new EPIX series Godfather of Harlem is a gangster tale of how Bumpy Johnson (Forest Whitaker) rose to power in the ‘60s. It’s a dramatization of the true story with historical figures like Johnson ...

The 10-episode series is coming to Epix this fall. In the teaser trailer below, Bumpy wants his old neighborhood back after time spent in prison. As Swizz Beatz & DMX’s “They Don’t Love Me” plays, he ...

*Epix’s new 10-episode crime series “Godfather of Harlem” stars Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker as the infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson. The story is inspired by Johnson who returned to 1960’s ...

Mayme Hatcher Johnson, the widow of former Harlem underworld boss Bumpy Johnson, died on Friday (May 1). The outspoken Mayme Johnson, 94, died in her Philadelphia home of respiratory failure, ...

Flying under the radar in the fiercely competitive world of streaming TV, MGM+'s Godfather of Harlemis looking to get renewed for a fifth season soon. The historical crime drama fictionalizes the life ...

Ellsworth Raymond “Bumpy” Johnson was born on October 31, 1905, in Charleston, South Carolina. He was given the nickname “Bumpy” due to an abnormal growth on his head. Johnson landed in Harlem to ...