American Gangsta Makes BET History

[Al@moe.]

“American Gangster" makes BET history, scoring number one series premiere. “American Gangster" drew in 1.6 million viewers making is the number one November telecast original series in BET’s history. The series, narrated by Ving Rhames, explores the lives of some of the African American community’s most notorious gangsters and their impact on their communities, and society-at-large.
The first episode of the series, which aired Tuesday, profiled Crips gang co-founder Stanley “Tookie” Williams earned a 1.6 million viewer rating according to Nielsen Media Research. The numbers also ranked “American Gangster” the number one fourth quarter series premiere in the network’s history, with “Lil’ Kim: Countdown To Lockdown,” in the number two slot.
The second episode of “American Gangster,” airing tonight at 10 PM, will profile Ricky “Freeway” Ross, the first crack king of Los Angeles. His dealings not only impacted the local community, but also the international drug trade. His name may also sound familiar because of the rappers Freeway and Rick Ross, who have borrowed the Kingpen’s monikers.
Other notorious figureheads who will be profiled in the series include Lorenzo “Fat Cat” Nichols,” The Smith Brothers and Leroy “Nicky” Barnes.

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Anybody seen this? I havnt watched it yet.
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[8th]

ima check it out tonight.

[Al@moe.]

Yeah me too. Im feeln ya new avi too kid.
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[8th]

appreciate ya.


yeah i watched it. It was OK. It had to much of a political agenda though for me. But, so does most everything on BET, so i kinda expected it.

[Mister Official]

The series is pretty good.. different from whats usually on BET.

[Mistuh Grippz]

This and beef (when its good) are damn entertaining to watch while smokin a blunt.

[Fero Blaque]

Witness how thhe flashy boys get wiped out, the grimey niggas take it all.

[MetrO]

man where's the noreaga episode? but yea i saw that shit both of em, the tookie one evry1 mostly already knew evrything they showed but that ricky ross shit was hot, i aint even know all about that nigga like that. ima keep checkin it till it starts showin rappers n shit.

[8th]

its about gangsters, not rappers.

studio gangsters dont count.

[Mister Official]

Noreaga was a real person.. ..

[8th]

^im aware.

ima keep checkin it till it starts showin rappers n shit.

^thats what i was referring too

[Mister Official]

ah.

[Stealth]

This series is extremley good in my opinion.

[20/20vis]

You're all morons!! Keep watching BET, keep letting the next generation grow up idolizing Tookie Williams, and Ricky Ross, and shunning real people they should be looking up to like Michael Eric Dyson. Maybe it's a great show, it's just the principle of it and what standards BET really stands for.

[Biglou816]

yeah that shit was cool, it shows like some of our culture. thats my favorite show now, BET did good with that concept of that show. we need more like that out here