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@Westhelockpicker Says:
I would of quit after a week or whatever and been rich for the rest of my life. Frank got greedy
@fatfloppypancakes Says:
Bruh you voice is horrendous
@MrMisterdc Says:
I'm sure Frank didn't have to make up a story about the Klan killing his cousin, Klan violence was a real & serious threat to black people.
@Niko76239 Says:
What I didn't like about the movie American Gangster was that Frank Lucas was portrayed as a well spoken sophisticated man who just happened to be a criminal when in fact he was anything but sophisticated. If you watch any Nicky Barnes interviews you'll realize right away that the character that Denzel Washington played was actually closer to Barnes than Lucas. Also Frank Lucas was from the south and Denzel Washington didn’t speak with a southern accent when portraying Lucas so that kinda bugged me too
@michaelmitchell5098 Says:
If Frank was born in La Grange he might have layed too deep in his Grange and took that to New York.
@bigcoins2320 Says:
Do one on Bumpy Johnson please!
@jameshood4276 Says:
I know he did exaggerate several things but Frank Lucas was twice the gangster Ike ever was. The feds seized over 300 mil from him and that's just what they found
@MojoMoneyMajor Says:
4:00
"if true" man ya'll foreign mfs really have no idea smfh
@oldleatherhandsfriends4053 Says:
Amazing a guy who was a petty thug since youth made him self out to be a classy honorable individual. I mean in his own mind I'm sure that's how he really saw himself. In reality he was just another thug running around selling drugs and hurting people.
@packersnerd Says:
Who’s here after watching American gangster?
@kelseykristen6687 Says:
Did I actually waste my time watching this condescending crap!
@lopezbiglos Says:
Damn…25? That sucks man. I started I’d say….🤔 28-29…it started
@joncotn Says:
Great video… snake oil BS ad on hair loss!!
@briandoss9232 Says:
Huh. Never heard of him. Learn something every day.
@B0BBYRUS Says:
Shampoo does have chemicals that are harmful to your scalp…. use oatmeal, honey, and baking soda. Intro is a Iie
@elderlynahum7663 Says:
In that time, white men commiting crimes and other white men covering it up... Yea I'd say it %98 happened in front of him as a kid.
@luckychucky3426 Says:
This guy talks to 100 miles an hour he's British or at least he sounds British he's not very interesting
@variaxi935 Says:
2:39 homie lookin like a mix of OJ and Al Capone... that *IS* gangster
@latoybell Says:
Is kind of said lifestyle that Frank had but it's kind of interesting to the question I want to know is he still living
@pikeman80 Says:
Bribing the cops. Happens far too often. Theres a different law for the rich than the poor.
@MKD.357 Says:
I understand you doing a plug for your sponsor. It’s just annoying when that’s the absolute first thing out of your mouth at the very start of the video.
@kaderickdavis6787 Says:
We all know Frank Lucas was a goddamn liar. His story and lifestyle was actually stolen from Frank Matthews
@isdx9980 Says:
A promo first thing into the video about a hair product from a baldie? Have some shame Biographics.
@jonbartleymusic Says:
Frank Matthew’s was wayyyy bigger
@Endorfinjunkie Says:
You should make an episode about Richard Kuklinski, mafia hitman called 'iceman'. He seems like a mighty interesting guy
@rawrsince718 Says:
Lots of Black murders were underreported. Ida B Wells was threatened for reporting on lynchings.
@Erik_mit_K Says:
Now I am curious who Atkinson is or was. Sounds like a good story as well
@Erin-bd6jg Says:
Why would a murdering criminal sociopath lie?
@TheBitterSpinach Says:
Can't wait for HistoryBuffs to do a history review of American Gangster.
@jordansmith2647 Says:
That's messed up using dead soldiers for smuggling
@ambassador8524 Says:
🐀
@mhamedkabal5242 Says:
Simon rolling up with that beard.
@Stable_Genius Says:
Love the names for these guys! Lol
@terryarmbruster9719 Says:
Why does he look like Jay Z? 😆
@jordanrights7395 Says:
Frank Lucas Never was a Snitch. He wasn't apart of any Chicago street Organizations, Snitching is a term from Chicago which States: "if you are apart of these Organizations, you can not under any circumstances, give up any Organizational member to the Government, at anytime or for any reason, This includes any other none Government person. Snitching is treason. But if you dont have that protection, from those Organizations then you have no choice but to fall back on the government, for your protection, so there isn't any such thing as snitching if your not PLUGGED. 2ndly if you didn't see frank paperwork you don't know what was said or done. If frank did his time and came out in one piece that means according to the streets where he is from HE DIDN'T SNITCH!. And if the movie, is real Giving up the police, to the police doesn't mean anything fuckem. More Power to the individual who isn't apart of a Organization and can still stand without giving anything to the P0LIC3, only thing is eventually they will over power you, you will need that Support from people who already cracked there code.
@tombingus3984 Says:
I love how the thumbnail uses a picture where Frank has a bunch of boogers clearly visible in his nose.
@NtonkaR Says:
One wonders how many lives were ruined by frank’s “blue magic”
@christopherreed2694 Says:
I don't doubt the kkk did that I live here its common for police FBI is dirtier than the CIA
@whackedoutcookie4393 Says:
Could you imagine if everything Lucas said was true and everyone else collectively just lied on him🤣 everyone just trolling tf outta him.
@michaelbooth2890 Says:
I always thought the cadaver connection was the oddest thing about American Gangster. I couldn't understand how Lucas would lack the foresight to realise the war would end at not come up with another method of trafficking the heroin.
@tre.jluster2574 Says:
I know for a fact they could’ve found a better picture for this man on the thumbnail. It was no reason to do him this dirty.
@cryptopotimus Says:
The plastic beads they use as a graphic at the 6:30 mark is hilarious.. you can literally see the hole where the string goes through the beads...
@bl1ndwipe425 Says:
this is the plot of a gta game right?
@jmx988 Says:
Why don’t you do any positive people of color
@MadGeorge88 Says:
There are 2 unlucky guys somewhere because its not me.
@denverparsons7330 Says:
I’ve seen so many movies and shows about this dude. Crazy life
@sabrinadawson7026 Says:
5:15
@bradenselkirk4930 Says:
Not at all hard to believe the kkk would do such a thing in the 1930’s
@adamblakeley2592 Says:
Suggestion: Lieutenant Colonel John Butler (1728 – 1796) a loyalist who led Butler's Rangers which included affiliated Mohawk and other Iroquois nations' warriors. A Canadian hero and US war criminal. Most remembered in the US for the Cherry Valley massacre.
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