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BMF: The True Story Of The Black Mafia Family
Bryson “Boom” Paul explores how a drug trafficking empire funded Detroit hip hop’s most controversial label and promotion agency
- Words: Bryson “Boom” Paul | In association with Lionsgate+
- 31 January 2023
No story grabs attention quite like one that’s both outlandish and true. So it’s no wonder that BMF, also known as Black Mafia Family, is one of the biggest television series in the world right now, attracting more than four million viewers for its recent Season 2 premiere. The Detroit, Michigan-set crime drama (pictured) tells the story of two brothers’ gritty, yet strategic rise in the drug game — dramatizing a fascinatingly-built criminal empire that tried to become a legitimate, larger-than-life entertainment business.
“When you talking about BMF, you’re talking about a cultural phenomenon,” multiplatinum recording artist/actor T.I. described in a recent interview. “The lifestyle and the music are tethered together.”
A majority of the moments that transpire in the show are identical to true events, immortalising the infamous background to a hip hop powerhouse with a dark underbelly.
“BMF. You couldn’t really miss them. You watched them get bigger, and bigger, and bigger,” says Curtis “50 Cent” Jac
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Publisher Description
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Biographies & Memoirs
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L. Steven Taylor
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Urban AudioBooks
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BMF: The Rise and Fall of Big Meech and the Black Mafia Family
Mara Shalhoup. St. Martin's Press, $24.99 (304pp) ISBN 978-0-312-38393-0
Formed in mid-1990s Atlanta by ambitious, Detroit-born hustler Demetrius ""Big Meech"" Flenory, the Black Mafia Family controlled most of the American cocaine trade for the better part of a decade. Interviewing members from all levels of the national organization, including now-imprisoned Big Meech, Atlanta-based journalist Shalhoup delivers a stunning exposé of a crime empire that collapsed under the weight of its own success, rising and falling on its charismatic founder's desperate desire for success, popularity, and, ultimately, music-business legitimacy. Shalhoup examines each character in the federal prosecution's comprehensive case, tracing their activities over many years, revealing a lifestyle of over-the-top glamour punctuated by random, brutal violence. Shalhoup quickly, and graphically, dispels the air of hip-hop romance that Big Meech cultivated first through crime and, later, by playing a supporting role in the careers of up-and-coming rappers like T.I. and Jeezy. With superb pacing and a thorough handle on her extensive cast, Shalhoup's true crime debut makes a highly addictive read. Color photos.
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