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 ...

A documentary narrated by Legs McNeil examines Frank Lucas' influence on drug trade and NYC culture, featuring insights from journalists, writers, and hip-hop figures who witnessed his impact on power ...

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” ...

American Gangster, an epic crime movie starring Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe, and directed by Ridley Scott, tells the compelling true story of Harlem crime boss Frank Lucas, leading many ...

(CNN) — 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 ...