American Gangster
Follows the lives of American gangsters.
- 2006-2009
- 3 seasons
- BET
- Documentary
- TV-14
Follows the lives of American gangsters.
Season 3 Episode Guide
7 Episodes 2008
Episode 1
Larry Davis
Thu, Oct 23, 2008 42 mins
Black Inc became code for Murder Inc on the streets of Philly in the 1970s. Explore the mentality, the ruthless deranged violence that was the Philly Black Mafia.
Episode 2
Monster Kody
Thu, Oct 30, 2008 42 mins
"Monster" Kody Scott emblemizes the tragedy of gang life who became the subject of mainstream fascination after the 1992 L.A. riots.
Episode 3
Cornell Jones
Thu, Nov 6, 2008 42 mins
Cornell Jones funneled drugs throughout the major cities of the Eastern seaboard and even throughout Europe.
Episode 4
The Shower Posse
Thu, Dec 11, 2008 42 mins
The Shower Posse was an incredibly violent gang with operations in the 1980s reach stretched from Jamaica to New York to Miami and beyond.
Episode 5
J. Edgar Hoover
Thu, Nov 20, 2008 42 mins
The first and most famous director of the FBI, J. Edgar Hoover, consolidated his power through brilliant Public Relations moves, compromising files, and notorious programs.
Episode 6
Mutulu Shakur
Thu, Nov 27, 2008 42 mins
Mutulu Shakur, Tupac Shakur's step-father and the father of rapper Mopreme, has spent the past quarter century in federal prison, thanks in part to his conviction for helping to plan and execute the $1.6 million robbery of a Brinks armored truck in New York in 1982 that left three people dead.
Episode 7
Guy Fisher
Thu, Dec 4, 2008 42 mins
Friends and foes paid tribute to Guy Fisher, the first Black owner of the Apollo Theater - and drug lord.