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BMF: The True Story Of The Black Mafia Family

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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, immo

The BMF Documentary: Blowing Money Fast

“BMF: Blowing Money Fast” is a docuseries about the infamous Black Mafia Family. BMF founders and brothers: Demetrius “Big Meech” and Terry “Southwest T” Flenory built one of the largest cocaine empires in American history.
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Flashing lights, violence, substance use, alcohol use, smoking, foul language

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Directors

Shan Nicholson, Christopher Frierson

Producers

Madeline Kahn, Shan Nicholson, Serife Turhan, Jessica Vale, Maria Gabriella Pezzo, Khidija Rivera, David S. Tung, 50 Cent

Cast

Demetrius "Big Meech" Flenory, Terry "Southwest T" Flenory, Lucille Flenory

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STARZ

Black Mafia Family

American criminal organization

This article is about the Detroit-based organized crime group connected to the hip-hop music business. For the African-American organized crime group operating in the Philadelphia Metro Area, see Black Mafia. For the television series, see BMF (TV series). For the SZA song, see BMF (song).

Criminal organization

Demetrius "Big Meech" Flenory (right, in green) and Chad "J-Bo" Brown

FoundedLate 1985; "BMF" acronym started to be used around 2000
Founding locationDetroit, Michigan, U.S.
Years active1985–present[1][2][3][4][5][6]
TerritoryStates: Georgia, Alabama, Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Texas, Ohio
MembershipOver 500[7]
ActivitiesDrug trafficking, money laundering
AlliesFolk Nation (Gangster Disciples, Black Disciples, Black Gangsters, Insane Spanish Cobras, Maniac Latin Disciples, Imperial Gangsters, Gangster Sin City Boys, Simon City Royals, etc), Crips, Zoe Pound, etc.
RivalsPeople N

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