BMF on Starz (tv discussion)premieres 9/26 on STARZ.
salute
Dayne in heaven smiling like shit.
Props to him.............but I have no faith in no show produced by him. 
They should've let some other people handle that BMF show...I wish the Wire or Breaking Bad people could've got their hands on it.
And did he really tell people to cancel their Starz?
They should've let some other people handle that BMF show...I wish the Wire or Breaking Bad people could've got their hands on it.
And did he really tell people to cancel their Starz?
Props to him.............but I have no faith in no show produced by him.
They should've let some other people handle that BMF show...I wish the Wire or Breaking Bad people could've got their hands on it.
And did he really tell people to cancel their Starz?
Producing is fine as long as he isn't writing directing or acting in em
ya I'm willing to suspend a lot of disbelief for that show but 50 in the car w/ them niggas is an insult to my intelligence...a show about BMF should be on par w/ 'narcos'...shit has to be done right
They doing everything in their "POWER" to keep you from creating wealth.
Tv shows
Music
Media
School Debt
Low Paying Jobs
Racism ♂️ vs. ♂️
Negativity on Social Media
All of this distracts you from your true purpose. This is why you see everyone talking about everything on social media EXCEPT building our communities up, supporting each other or building wealth together.
Chess not checkers
Tv shows
Music
Media
School Debt
Low Paying Jobs
Racism ♂️ vs. ♂️
Negativity on Social Media
All of this distracts you from your true purpose. This is why you see everyone talking about everything on social media EXCEPT building our communities up, supporting each other or building wealth together.
Chess not checkers
Ah nice reference
I went to Fisk and we talked about that often.
Na man cats love to not want to give respect due.... Gotta respect this brothers hustle....
'BOL! I was like wait what? I wont front I was like come on man. Still it is an entertaining show. Not many can keep my attention over 2 seasons. So respect to that brother.
Bruh!!!
Throwback!!
I didn't get it at first... Is he actually confirmed deceased?
He meant that the content of your Twitter feed is a reflection of who you follow.
yea distraction is a powerful weapon....
Im happy for the bruh tho...
truth is under capitalism you must have a permanent under class.. and they must be the majority..
or capitalism simply cannot exist...
Nah man. Just clowning .
O hope hes on NONE of them. His acting sucks!
Only movie i seen him act well in was some shit where he caught some sickness and was dying
guess thats why u net atstarz signing him but u on yo computa talking about how a man act lol
Stfu faggot
50 Cent-produced drama 'Black Mafia Family' greenlit at Starz
April 6 (UPI) -- Starz announced Monday that it has greenlit a new drama from producer Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson. Jackson will executive produce Black Mafia Family with writer Randy Huggins.
Black Mafia Family is inspired by the true story of the Flenory family in Detroit. The Flenorys began dealing drugs in the late '80s, and used a hip-hop business called BMF Entertainment as a front in the '00s.
The main characters will be Demetrius "Big Meech" Flenory and Terry "Southwest T" Flenory. A press release describes Demetrius as a charismatic leader, and Terry as a business visionary.
Jackson and his G-Unit Film and Television label produced Power for Starz and will produce the spinoff Power Book II: Ghost. He also produces For Life on ABC and previously, The Oath for Crackle.
"I told you Black Mafia Family was coming and it's going to be the biggest show on television," Jackson said in the press release. "Meech and Terry are legends and I am excited to bring their story to Starz."
Jackson has been a hip-hop recording artist himself since his 2000 release Power of the Dollar. He has also spoken about selling crack as a youth in the '80s.
Other executive producers for Black Mafia Family include Terri Kopp and Anthony Wilson.
April 6 (UPI) -- Starz announced Monday that it has greenlit a new drama from producer Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson. Jackson will executive produce Black Mafia Family with writer Randy Huggins.
Black Mafia Family is inspired by the true story of the Flenory family in Detroit. The Flenorys began dealing drugs in the late '80s, and used a hip-hop business called BMF Entertainment as a front in the '00s.
The main characters will be Demetrius "Big Meech" Flenory and Terry "Southwest T" Flenory. A press release describes Demetrius as a charismatic leader, and Terry as a business visionary.
Jackson and his G-Unit Film and Television label produced Power for Starz and will produce the spinoff Power Book II: Ghost. He also produces For Life on ABC and previously, The Oath for Crackle.
"I told you Black Mafia Family was coming and it's going to be the biggest show on television," Jackson said in the press release. "Meech and Terry are legends and I am excited to bring their story to Starz."
Jackson has been a hip-hop recording artist himself since his 2000 release Power of the Dollar. He has also spoken about selling crack as a youth in the '80s.
Other executive producers for Black Mafia Family include Terri Kopp and Anthony Wilson.
Black Mafia Family kingpins push for prison release amid COVID-19
Robert Snell The Detroit News
Published 9:06 AM EDT May 5, 2020
Detroit — Terry Flenory, one of the Black Mafia Family cocaine kingpins from southwest Detroit who headed one of the country’s most powerful cocaine empires that reaped $270 million in profits, is leaving federal prison Tuesday and his brother is trying to join him, citing COVID-19 health concerns.
Terry and Demetrius “Big Meech” Flenory would join a growing list of prominent felons being released in an attempt to stem the spread of COVID-19 within the nation’s prison system, illustrating the extreme break given to some convicted criminals.
Black Mafia Family drug kingpin Demetrius "Big Meech" on the cover of The JUICE Magazine, which he co-owned.
JUICE Magazine
Terry Flenory, 50, who oversaw the national drug ring’s Los Angeles hub, is scheduled to be released from a Kentucky federal prison on home confinement Tuesday and could soon be joined by his 51-year-old brother, a legend within the drug and rap world who oversaw operations in Atlanta.
The brothers were sentenced to 30 years in federal prison in 2008 for heading a national drug ring with ties to Mexican cartels and selling kilos of cocaine during a 15-year crime spree. But both have sought release from prison during a COVID-19 outbreak that, according to federal prison data, has killed at least 40 inmates and infected more than 2,300 prisoners and staffers.
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents toppled the cocaine empire in 2005 by arresting the brothers along with more than 100 co-conspirators. Investigators seized $21 million worth of assets, including cash, jewelry, 13 homes in Metro Detroit, Georgia and Los Angeles, and three dozen vehicles, including a Lincoln limousine.
Terry Flenory
U.S. Marshals Service
Terry Flenory’s pending release comes amid continuing interest in the Black Mafia Family and support from rappers, including LL Cool J. Rapper 50 Cent is producing a cable series about the Black Mafia Family for the Starz channel.
Demetrius Flenory is a violent, fame-hungry drug baron who reveled in a lifestyle of "money, cars, houses, clothes, jewelry and ho's," according to a court filing.
"During his time in prison, Flenory continues to promote himself, and, through others his legacy as a highly successful professional drug dealer," Assistant U.S. Attorney Dawn Ison wrote in a Friday court filing. "Nothing in that promotion remotely suggests that Flenory has changed."
The brothers rose from humble origins in southwest Detroit. During his high school years, Demetrius Flenory started selling $50 rocks of crack cocaine on the Downriver streets of Ecorse.
Starting in 1990, their drug ring started distributing thousands of kilograms of cocaine across a sprawling empire that grew to cities in 11 states, including Detroit, Atlanta, Miami, St. Louis, Los Angeles and Birmingham, Alabama. The Atlanta hub alone distributed 2,500 kilos each month.
The drug ring might have lacked the innovation of other large-scale organizations like Young Boys Inc., which pioneered the use of underage drug peddlers, or the synonymous ties to Detroit, but made up for it in scope.
"They didn't earn their stripes in Detroit," said Carl Taylor, a Michigan State University sociology professor who has researched Young Boys Inc. and other gangs. "They were one of world's best kept secrets in terms of gangs."
That elusiveness fueled longevity. The Black Mafia Family's empire ran from 1990 until 2005.
"I think you are a very lucky man that it took the government that long to finally put it together," Detroit U.S. District Judge Avern Cohn told Terry Flenory before sending him to prison.
The Black Mafia Family drug ring hauled money and cocaine in custom-built stretch limousines.
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
The Black Mafia Family transported drugs and money across the country in cars, including a custom-built limousine with secret compartments and after-market devices that expelled drug-tainted air from inside in an attempt to foil drug-sniffing dogs.
The system was imperfect. When investigators searched the Black Mafia Family's stretch Lincoln Navigator limousine, they found $580,250 hidden in the secret compartments.
Cash seized during the Black Mafia Family investigation
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
Still, the drug ring collected millions of dollars in profits. The Flenory brothers and co-conspirators invested the money in jewelry, real estate — including a $3 million, gated, Mediterranean mansion in Los Angeles — and cars both classic and exotic, including a 1970 Chevrolet Camaro and a 2005 Maserati.
The gang generated so much money, the Flenory brothers needed to wash the cash.
They laundered ill-gotten gains by buying jewelry from Manhattan jeweler Jacob Arabov, the so-called "King of Bling." They were such frequent customers that Terry Flenory had a $1 million line of credit with the jeweler and paid $300,000 for a pinky ring.
Jacob Arabov was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison.
U.S. Marshals Service
During a July 2005 traffic stop in Illinois, troopers seized 22 pieces of jewelry from Terry Flenory and others worth more than $4.9 million. That included watches made by Rolex, Audemars Piguet and a 100-carat, white gold Piaget timepiece featuring 310 diamonds.
Demetrius Flenory also laundered money through his rap label and promotions business, BMF Entertainment, and co-owned JUICE Magazine. BMF Entertainment takes credit for helping launch the career of the rapper Jeezy.
"BMF Entertainment was nothing more than a front for and promotion of Flenory’s drug trafficking activities," Ison, the prosecutor, wrote.
Demetrius Flenory's involvement in the hip hop industry has led to prolonged support among rappers, including LL Cool J, who advocated for a pardon in 2017.
The brothers spent three years in jail before pleading guilty and being sentenced in 2008.
Earlier this year, as the COVID-19 pandemic intensified and as federal prison officials started releasing inmates to stem the spread of the virus, Terry Flenory was approved for release on home confinement. He has more than six years remaining on his sentence and is scheduled Tuesday to leave a Kentucky prison.
"Terry Flenory is a really good guy and anyone who knows him would agree with that," his former defense lawyer Steve Fishman said. "He has served a lot of time, and I am very happy to hear he’s coming home.”
It is unclear where Terry Flenory will live once he is released from prison. He had lived in California until his arrest.
His pending release led Demetrius Flenory to seek compassionate release from a federal prison in Oregon on April 22. His lawyer argues Flenory's age and underlying health conditions, including hypertension and heart problems, leave him susceptible to COVID-19.
Flenory is not scheduled to be released from prison until October 2031.
Calling Flenory "ubiquitous in hip hop culture," defense lawyer Wade Fink said compassionate release will help Flenory "continue to effect positive change for black youth and others all over the country — an effort he began while incarcerated by starting programs, including charity drives for financially struggling children in Detroit."
Federal prosecutors are fighting the request, which was considered Monday by U.S. District Judge David Lawson. He took the request under advisement and will rule later.
Demetrius Flenory is no Robin Hood, prosecutors said. He was accused of killing two men during a fight outside Chaos nightclub in Atlanta in November 2003, according to prosecutors. One of the victims was a bodyguard for hip hop star Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs.
The homicide charges are no longer pending, Fink said. He faulted prosecutors for painting Demetrius Flenory as an Al Capone-like crime figure.
"The government assumes that a human being like Flenory is without the capacity to evolve and that a thirty-year federal prison sentence is not capable of changing an individual’s mindset, not to mention his age of 51 and the changed world he is entering," Fink wrote.
Robert Snell The Detroit News
Published 9:06 AM EDT May 5, 2020
Detroit — Terry Flenory, one of the Black Mafia Family cocaine kingpins from southwest Detroit who headed one of the country’s most powerful cocaine empires that reaped $270 million in profits, is leaving federal prison Tuesday and his brother is trying to join him, citing COVID-19 health concerns.
Terry and Demetrius “Big Meech” Flenory would join a growing list of prominent felons being released in an attempt to stem the spread of COVID-19 within the nation’s prison system, illustrating the extreme break given to some convicted criminals.
Black Mafia Family drug kingpin Demetrius "Big Meech" on the cover of The JUICE Magazine, which he co-owned.
JUICE Magazine
Terry Flenory, 50, who oversaw the national drug ring’s Los Angeles hub, is scheduled to be released from a Kentucky federal prison on home confinement Tuesday and could soon be joined by his 51-year-old brother, a legend within the drug and rap world who oversaw operations in Atlanta.
The brothers were sentenced to 30 years in federal prison in 2008 for heading a national drug ring with ties to Mexican cartels and selling kilos of cocaine during a 15-year crime spree. But both have sought release from prison during a COVID-19 outbreak that, according to federal prison data, has killed at least 40 inmates and infected more than 2,300 prisoners and staffers.
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents toppled the cocaine empire in 2005 by arresting the brothers along with more than 100 co-conspirators. Investigators seized $21 million worth of assets, including cash, jewelry, 13 homes in Metro Detroit, Georgia and Los Angeles, and three dozen vehicles, including a Lincoln limousine.
Terry Flenory
U.S. Marshals Service
Terry Flenory’s pending release comes amid continuing interest in the Black Mafia Family and support from rappers, including LL Cool J. Rapper 50 Cent is producing a cable series about the Black Mafia Family for the Starz channel.
Demetrius Flenory is a violent, fame-hungry drug baron who reveled in a lifestyle of "money, cars, houses, clothes, jewelry and ho's," according to a court filing.
"During his time in prison, Flenory continues to promote himself, and, through others his legacy as a highly successful professional drug dealer," Assistant U.S. Attorney Dawn Ison wrote in a Friday court filing. "Nothing in that promotion remotely suggests that Flenory has changed."
The brothers rose from humble origins in southwest Detroit. During his high school years, Demetrius Flenory started selling $50 rocks of crack cocaine on the Downriver streets of Ecorse.
Starting in 1990, their drug ring started distributing thousands of kilograms of cocaine across a sprawling empire that grew to cities in 11 states, including Detroit, Atlanta, Miami, St. Louis, Los Angeles and Birmingham, Alabama. The Atlanta hub alone distributed 2,500 kilos each month.
The drug ring might have lacked the innovation of other large-scale organizations like Young Boys Inc., which pioneered the use of underage drug peddlers, or the synonymous ties to Detroit, but made up for it in scope.
"They didn't earn their stripes in Detroit," said Carl Taylor, a Michigan State University sociology professor who has researched Young Boys Inc. and other gangs. "They were one of world's best kept secrets in terms of gangs."
That elusiveness fueled longevity. The Black Mafia Family's empire ran from 1990 until 2005.
"I think you are a very lucky man that it took the government that long to finally put it together," Detroit U.S. District Judge Avern Cohn told Terry Flenory before sending him to prison.
The Black Mafia Family drug ring hauled money and cocaine in custom-built stretch limousines.
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
The Black Mafia Family transported drugs and money across the country in cars, including a custom-built limousine with secret compartments and after-market devices that expelled drug-tainted air from inside in an attempt to foil drug-sniffing dogs.
The system was imperfect. When investigators searched the Black Mafia Family's stretch Lincoln Navigator limousine, they found $580,250 hidden in the secret compartments.
Cash seized during the Black Mafia Family investigation
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
Still, the drug ring collected millions of dollars in profits. The Flenory brothers and co-conspirators invested the money in jewelry, real estate — including a $3 million, gated, Mediterranean mansion in Los Angeles — and cars both classic and exotic, including a 1970 Chevrolet Camaro and a 2005 Maserati.
The gang generated so much money, the Flenory brothers needed to wash the cash.
They laundered ill-gotten gains by buying jewelry from Manhattan jeweler Jacob Arabov, the so-called "King of Bling." They were such frequent customers that Terry Flenory had a $1 million line of credit with the jeweler and paid $300,000 for a pinky ring.
Jacob Arabov was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison.
U.S. Marshals Service
During a July 2005 traffic stop in Illinois, troopers seized 22 pieces of jewelry from Terry Flenory and others worth more than $4.9 million. That included watches made by Rolex, Audemars Piguet and a 100-carat, white gold Piaget timepiece featuring 310 diamonds.
Demetrius Flenory also laundered money through his rap label and promotions business, BMF Entertainment, and co-owned JUICE Magazine. BMF Entertainment takes credit for helping launch the career of the rapper Jeezy.
"BMF Entertainment was nothing more than a front for and promotion of Flenory’s drug trafficking activities," Ison, the prosecutor, wrote.
Demetrius Flenory's involvement in the hip hop industry has led to prolonged support among rappers, including LL Cool J, who advocated for a pardon in 2017.
The brothers spent three years in jail before pleading guilty and being sentenced in 2008.
Earlier this year, as the COVID-19 pandemic intensified and as federal prison officials started releasing inmates to stem the spread of the virus, Terry Flenory was approved for release on home confinement. He has more than six years remaining on his sentence and is scheduled Tuesday to leave a Kentucky prison.
"Terry Flenory is a really good guy and anyone who knows him would agree with that," his former defense lawyer Steve Fishman said. "He has served a lot of time, and I am very happy to hear he’s coming home.”
It is unclear where Terry Flenory will live once he is released from prison. He had lived in California until his arrest.
His pending release led Demetrius Flenory to seek compassionate release from a federal prison in Oregon on April 22. His lawyer argues Flenory's age and underlying health conditions, including hypertension and heart problems, leave him susceptible to COVID-19.
Flenory is not scheduled to be released from prison until October 2031.
Calling Flenory "ubiquitous in hip hop culture," defense lawyer Wade Fink said compassionate release will help Flenory "continue to effect positive change for black youth and others all over the country — an effort he began while incarcerated by starting programs, including charity drives for financially struggling children in Detroit."
Federal prosecutors are fighting the request, which was considered Monday by U.S. District Judge David Lawson. He took the request under advisement and will rule later.
Demetrius Flenory is no Robin Hood, prosecutors said. He was accused of killing two men during a fight outside Chaos nightclub in Atlanta in November 2003, according to prosecutors. One of the victims was a bodyguard for hip hop star Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs.
The homicide charges are no longer pending, Fink said. He faulted prosecutors for painting Demetrius Flenory as an Al Capone-like crime figure.
"The government assumes that a human being like Flenory is without the capacity to evolve and that a thirty-year federal prison sentence is not capable of changing an individual’s mindset, not to mention his age of 51 and the changed world he is entering," Fink wrote.
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Demetrius “Lil Meech” Flenory Jr., the son of Demetrius “Big Meech” Flenory, and Da’Vinchi (All American, grown-ish) are set to star in Starz’s drama series Black Mafia Family, from executive producer Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson (Power, Power Book II: Ghost, For Life) and writer/executive producer and Detroit native Randy Huggins (Star, Rebel, Power). Additionally, Tasha Smith (Empire, Power) will direct the first episode and multiple others, and Wood Harris (Empire, Creed) will join his brother Steve Harris in a recurring role. Black Mafia Family is produced through Jackson’s G-Unit Film and Television in association with Starz and Lionsgate Television. The series begins filming in Atlanta and Detroit this month.
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Flenory Jr., the son of Demetrius “Big Meech” Flenory will make his acting debut starring as his father and Da’Vinchi will portray Demetrius’ brother Terry “Southwest T” Flenory.
Tasha Smith, Wood HarrisCourtesy of Starz
Black Mafia Family is inspired by the true story of two brothers who rose from the decaying streets of southwest Detroit in the late 1980’s and gave birth to one of the most influential crime families in this country. Demetrius “Big Meech” Flenory’s charismatic leadership, Terry “Southwest T” Flenory’s business acumen and the fraternal partnership’s vision beyond the drug trade and into the world of Hip Hop would render the brothers iconic on a global level. Their unwavering belief in family loyalty would be the cornerstone of their partnership and the crux of their eventual estrangement. The series is about love, kinship and capitalism in the pursuit of the American dream.
Flenory Jr.’s “Big Meech” is a charming and ambitious Detroit legend-in-the-making, who becomes the face of the operation. Hungry for his slice of the American dream, Meech quickly advances from a corner boy to a mid-level man, who knows when to use the carrot or the stick as he and his brother set out to become the Kings of Detroit.
Da’ Vinchi’s Terry “Southwest T” Flenory is the quiet and calculating brains behind the scene. Terry is torn between two competing identities: being a new father and becoming the first male in their family to graduate high school, or tight-roping as a serendipitous dealer who must protect his brother from himself as well as secure their safety.
Harris will play Pat, the revered O.G. who gives Meech and Terry their first shot in the game. He instills a family first attitude that the Flenorys adopt until they begin to outshine their mentor and pursue their own independence.
They join previously announced series regulars Russell Hornsby as Charles Flenory and Steve Harris as Detective Bryant, and entertainer Arkeisha “Kash Doll” Knight, who recurs as Monique.
Jackson will executive produce via his G-Unit Film and Television banner as part of his overall deal with Starz. Huggins also will executive produce with Terri Kopp, Anthony Wilson and Anne Clements. Senior Vice President of Original Programming Kathryn Tyus-Adair is the executive overseeing the series on behalf of Starz. Erin Conroy is the executive overseeing the series on behalf of Lionsgate.
Smith, who has starred in Empire, Power, Why Did I Get Married? and For Better or Worse, among others, has served as director on series including P-Valley, Star and Big Sky. Smith, along with executive producer Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, was instrumental in Demetrius Flenory Jr.’s casting. Smith is repped by Verve and managed by Sherry Marsh. Darrell Miller at Fox Rothschild repped Smith in this deal.
Da’Vinchi can also be seen recurring as Darnell Hayes on the hit CW series All American. He also previously recurred on Freeform’s grown-ish, and was cast as a series regular in last year’s HBO Max pilot Vegas High. Da’Vinchi is repped by Pantheon and Pallas Management Group.
Flenery Jr. and Jackson are repped by APA.
They been talking about this for like 5 years, when is this going to air?
nothing but facts, I enjoy a little distraction here and there,
but Im about to take a two week break and start reading a few of these books I purchased over the last few months.