Article: Frank Lucas, the Real Life 'American Gangster,' Shares His Story for the First Time Ever on This Season of BET's Critically Acclaimed Series 'American Gangster' Premiering Wednesday, October 31 at 10pm*.

Frank Lucas Himself Takes Viewers on a Journey of His Childhood and the Events that Led to His Life of Crime

NEW YORK, Oct. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- In the late '60s and early '70s, Frank Lucas was the king of the Harlem drug scene. He was also one of the toughest, dangerous and most unforgiving criminals in the country before he was caught. The real Frank Lucas -- whose rise and fall is chronicled in the Universal feature film "American Gangster" starring Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe -- retraces his early childhood, the turns of events that led to his life of crime, his criminal past on the streets of Harlem and his reign for the first time with BET on this ...

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