EXCLUSIVE: Rome Flynn is set to portray real-life drug lord Frank Lucas in the upcoming fourth season of the MGM+ series Godfather of Harlem, in an origin story of sorts from an era that has ...

Jim Cooper/AP Frank Lucas, the man that Denzel Washington portrayed in the movie "American Gangster," is shown in New York in this file photo from Nov. 2, 2007.

Frank Lucas, the drug dealer portrayed in the 2007 film “American Gangster,” died Thursday at 88. (Jim Cooper / Associated Press) By Associated Press . May 31, 2019 9:04 PM PT .

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 ...